Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters Chapter 624 624 456 The Biggest Loser

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The hype around the Mom-Gate first skyrocketed on the internet.

As a representative of the new era of social dia, Twitter demonstrated for the first ti its influence over public opinion in the sports world.

Suddenly, Delonte West and Gloria Jas beca hot topics on Twitter.

Then, Kwa Brown, who joined Twitter last year and beca the Twitter king of the SuperSonics, was at the forefront of the gossip.

This man, who proclaid himself as the NBA’s top power forward, tweeted, “I’ve heard an unbelievable rumor, Delonte, I hope it’s not true!”

A day later, The Seattle Tis reported on Mom-Gate.

This was the beginning of the mainstream dia following suit.

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From then on, Mom-Gate evolved from a rumor on an unsubstantiated gossip website into a scandal that swept across the world.

It spread from the United States across the Pacific to China and then dispersed worldwide, setting the foundation for future self-dia trying to create sensational news with absurd stories like “Vanessa married to Jordan and pregnant.”

But at the mont, the impact of this rumor on Jas’s camp was staggering.

Especially on Jas himself.

Before this, Jas had never considered the influence of social dia, and he was reluctant to open his own Twitter account like Yu Fei. But when he saw people on the internet and Twitter using rumors as weapons, humiliating his mother with countless tweets, his ntality collapsed.

Jas imdiately contacted his lawyer, Fred Nance. But Nance thought that the rumor had no truth to it and wasn’t worth responding to.

Jas accepted his professional advice.

Then, in the King of the Hill battle held in Milwaukee, Bucks fans unveiled a photoshopped poster showing Delonte West wearing a crown and Jas kneeling before him.

“GO! GO! GO! LeBron West!”

The on-site Bucks fans brought the malice from the internet into reality.

In this crucial ga that influenced the season’s trajectory, Jas made only 3 of his 14 shots, scoring 15 points with 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

For tonight, the 37-year-old Shaquille O’Neal looked more like the king, scoring 22 points with 11 shots made out of 7 attempts.

But without Jas firing on all cylinders, Shaquille O’Neal couldn’t beco the deciding factor.

The Bucks unexpectedly dominated the Cavaliers at ho.

This surprised their key player, Danny Granger.

“It’s not hard to understand.” Granger tried to be a bit friendlier, “If my life went through such changes, I wouldn’t want to play either.”

Jas’s slump was quickly linked to Mom-Gate.

From that mont on, the veracity of Mom-Gate was no longer important.

What mattered was that Jas was affected, and this exacerbated the spread of the event.

Jas’s lawyer finally realized the severity of the issue. The day before the sixth ga of the Eastern Conference Finals, he sent a warning letter to the source of the rumor, “I am the lawyer of Gloria and LeBron Jas. I am writing to demand that you cease spreading rumors about Gloria Jas. They are outright defamation.”

It was too late.

The damage had been done, and the influence was still spreading. The Cavaliers lost the most critical ga of the year where they needed to push the hardest.

Now they were returning ho with a 2-3 disadvantage. Jas was rallying, but his teammates had already lost their spirit.

Delonte West had vanished.

The players of the Cavaliers were each looking out for themselves. They didn’t know the truth, and Jas couldn’t possibly bring this up for discussion.

So, the sixth ga beca a one-man show.

Jas put up 34 points, 18 rebounds, and 11 assists against the Bucks. He completely blew Granger out of the water, but it was useless, given that the Bucks also had the inside combination of Kevin Martin, Big Jah, and Aldridge.

Tonight, Shaquille O’Neal’s dominance was no more, targeted by shots until his defeat, and Jas’s superhuman effort ended in an honorable defeat.

But does this ending really make one feel honorable?

“LeBron Jas failed to pull the Cavaliers out of the mire,” Bill Simmons wrote acerbically after the ga. “Before writing an elegy for LeBron’s last ga with the Cavaliers, let’s pretend we don’t know who led the team into the mire. Let’s first acknowledge one thing, if this is LeBron’s last ga as a Cavalier. Then his record shows six consecutive losses to Frye, four straight playoff eliminations by the Bucks, especially in this and last year’s series where he was undoubtedly the best player, but we never saw him turn the tide. That epitomizes his six consecutive losses to Frye. We thought he could do it, but he just let himself lose gracefully.”

Now, Mom-Gate is no longer important.

What matters is where Jas will go after this sumr.

Buzz Bissinger, who co-authored a moir with Jas for The New Yorker, actually chose to “criticize” Jas in his column after another defeat of Jas’s.

Bissinger believed that Jas had done nothing in Cleveland to be proud of, and if he left this year, it wouldn’t be “going out on top” but a “disgraceful flight.”

He thought that Jas’s heart had never truly matured. Only by enduring hardship with a tough team could one’s spirit be strengthened, but it seed the King refused to embrace the trials.

Bissinger’s backstab was a microcosm of public opinion.

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With another defeat, Jas faced widespread criticism.

ESPN’s notorious ranter, Skip Bayless, bluntly said on air, “LBJ is a regular season superstar. He’s suited to be featured in our ‘SportsCenter Tonight’ because he always performs well in the regular season. But co playoff ti, he suddenly loses energy. He is the most overrated and overhyped superstar I’ve seen in this industry.”

As the public relations person responsible for maintaining Jas’ dia image and public opinion, Maverick Carter was powerless.

The writer hired to pen Jas’ autobiography backstabbed him publicly, and their buddy ESPN allowed their ranter to wildly criticize Jas on air for views, with articles from major dia outlets filled with the words “Jas is overrated.” No one could tolerate comparing Jas to Yu Fei anymore.

In the words of Yu’s supporters, “This is the greatest insult to Frye.”

Since Jas beca a loser once again, even disgraceful rumors lacking credibility like the one involving his mother beca weapons for public opinion.

Why were you so incompetent in the King of the Hill battle that you perford like crap? Because of rumors? If the rumors are false, why do you care what they say? If a trivial rumor can sap your motivation to play, doesn’t that suggest the rumor has so truth to it?

Over the years, the dia network that Nike had built for its stars suddenly malfunctioned.

In those days, no one spoke up for Jas.

He not only beca the biggest loser in the basketball world but also the most overrated athlete in the world.

So, what about Yu Fei? Would he kick his weakened enemy while he was down?

He did not, firstly because there was no need, and secondly because he was too busy.

At this stage of the season, all the major regular-season awards had been announced.

As expected, Yu Fei, who led his team to the best record in history, broke through “aesthetic fatigue” and was elected by a wide margin as the regular season’s Most Valuable Player.

This was his fifth MVP trophy.

From now on, he had as many MVPs as Jordan.

Besides, Yu Fei was selected again for the All-NBA First Team.

At the sa ti, Durant and Roy were nad to the Third Team.

Marion was picked again for the Second Team All-Defense.

DeAndre Jordan, with an average of 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 1 block per ga, made the All-Rookie Second Team amidst so controversy.

It was a bountiful year for the SuperSonics, as they collected all that was available to them, with only one goal left now.

Afterward, Yu Fei symbolically held a press conference.

He answered so questions, but most were trivial, formulaic inquiries.

It wasn’t until Jas’ na ca up that his mood showed a slight fluctuation.

“How do you see LeBron as the biggest loser in sports, during his six years in Cleveland?”

Yu Fei couldn’t help but say, “Did I hear you wrong? Did you say he’s the biggest loser in sports? I an, do you think soone who has never played in the Finals is the biggest loser in sports?”

“I’d like to thank those teams that won silver on his behalf.”

After that, nobody talked about Jas anymore.

Because there was no longer any competition between Yu and Jas, bringing up the latter was just an attempt to provoke Yu to twist the knife, but if The Chosen One disdained to do so, why bother?

“Stephen Curry, a leading candidate for the 2009 draft, said the team he most wants to play for is the SuperSonics. Does this have anything to do with your experience on the Dream Team?”

“You know,” Yu Fei said with an easy smile, “Stephen is a fine young man, and we are a great team. Excellent individuals and great groups always attract each other.”

“Now that you’ve matched MJ in the number of MVPs, does that have any special significance for you?”

Yu Fei looked at him indifferently, “Oh, Jim, the significance of this is that I have to receive the award in front of the person who was second in the MVP vote again (Kobe).”

“I think Kobe wouldn’t mind.”

“I think so too.” Yu Fei smiled, “What was it you said before?”

“Your number of MVPs has matched MJ’s…”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, do you have any thoughts on that?”

“No thoughts.” Yu Fei stood up and nodded to everyone, “But thank you for voting for .”

With that, he left. It was an undoubtedly impolite exit, but no one felt there was anything amiss.

He ca and went as he pleased.

Those at the scene who had voted for him in the MVP selection didn’t even get a chance to ask questions, but hearing him thank everyone made so feel their choice was worthwhile.

Frye thanked , what more do I need?