At this time, at Sijiucheng CCTV, the Sports Department was holding a meeting.
The topic of the meeting was whether to purchase the rights to this year's NBA Finals.
The All-Star Game was broadcast in real time this year, and the ratings were pretty good and the response was pretty good, so it’s natural to consider whether to broadcast the upcoming Finals in real time.
The first time CCTV appeared on NBA news was in 1982. It obtained news from a British TV station and started recording and broadcasting NBA games in 1986. Over the past few years, it has accumulated some fans, so it is also a trend to consider broadcasting them in real time.
So far.
Another reason for considering live broadcasting of the NBA Finals this year is because of Wang Tiejun.
Now that the Suns have reached the Western Conference Finals, Wang Tiejun is China's first NBA player and is the main force of the Suns. Once the Suns reach the finals, it will always be a pity if CCTV does not broadcast this year's finals in real time.
Once the Suns win the championship, the regret will be huge.
In fact, the idea of whether CCTV will broadcast the finals in real time is not an idea that came up just this year. It has been around for a long time, but it has never been decided. The emergence of Wang Tiejun is an important factor in turning this idea into an actual decision.
"Let's talk about it. This matter cannot be delayed any longer. We need to talk to the NBA first. Once it is broadcast in real time, the copyright fee cannot be too expensive." Sports Minister Li Zhuang said.
"Minister, we really want to broadcast the finals in real time. Once the Suns reach the finals, we will definitely promote Wang Tiejun in a big way. The Sports Commission should have no problem, right?" someone asked.
"Once it is broadcast, it will definitely be publicized. We Chinese are playing in the NBA. Those fans don't know yet. Wouldn't they be happy to die if they found out?"
"Right now, other domestic media have not reported on the NBA. We can actually seize this opportunity."
Li Zhuang shook his head and said: "There must be nothing wrong with the Sports Commission. In fact, Wang Tiejun has nothing to do with the Sports Commission now. He can't control others, let alone us. Moreover, they are waiting and watching. Maybe one day Liu Chu will have to go to the United States.
Well. Lao Sun, please tell me about Wang Tiejun’s current performance.”
"OK."
Sun Zhenping nodded, looked at his colleagues present, and said: "I got Wang Tiejun's performance in the first and second rounds from Director Zhang.
It's really good. The lowest evaluation of him in the United States is that of a quasi-first-class center, and the highest evaluation of him is that of a first-class center. No center in China can reach this level, including Shantao."
Having said this, he looked at Li Zhuang, who nodded, and then said: "Look, is what I just said right? The sports committee really can't say which day I will have to find him.
Besides, there are no rules in China that say you can’t report on people with prison records, right? They are players, playing games, not joining the army or working in government departments.”
When he said this, he said meaningfully: "I have talked with Liu Chu several times, and she also said that Wang Tiejun's case should be unjust, but no witnesses were found for four months, and she was eager to close the case, so she sentenced her.
From now on, if this young man becomes famous in the United States and the country needs him, there is no guarantee that the relevant departments will not take action. It is just a case of fighting and wounding, and no one was killed. He just maimed two local gangsters, and
There are no third-party witnesses yet, so it’s hard to say!
Now that we are open, the environment has changed. They are playing in the United States and have made a name for themselves. They are influential in the United States. This is an advantage. If you want to use them, you have to solve this problem for them first, right?"
Everyone discussed for a while and finally decided that if the Suns reach the finals, the finals will be broadcast in real time.
This decision was actually only made one year in advance, because in the original history, CCTV would also broadcast the NBA All-Stars and Finals in real time next year, that is, in 1994.
"Minister, if we broadcast the finals, should Director Zhang invite him to be a guest again?" After the meeting, Sun Zhenping found Li Zhuang again.
"He has been following Wang Tiejun, right?" Li Zhuang asked.
"Yes, I heard that Wang Tiejun gave him a salary of 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars for half a year."
"hiss!"
Li Zhuang took a breath. His current salary is only a few thousand yuan a year. Twenty to thirty thousand dollars is enough to buy a house in Sijiu City.
"I heard that Wang Tiejun made millions of dollars in the United States this year." Sun Zhenping said enviously.
"hiss!"
The astronomical figures made Li Zhuang feel like he had a toothache. With his current knowledge, it was hard to imagine that a basketball player could earn millions of dollars in a year.
A few million US dollars is equivalent to tens of millions of RMB. At the current salary level in the four or nine cities, it is the annual income of tens of thousands of people, and it can only be saved without eating or drinking.
Sun Zhenping said jokingly: "If nothing else, the country is seriously short of foreign exchange. As for the US dollars in his hand, if he brings them all back home to support national development, I don't think there will be any problem in overturning his case."
"Don't mention it yet. As long as he brings back the US dollars and puts them in the account, someone will definitely come looking for him. But we won't talk about this matter. It has nothing to do with us. Lao Sun, Director Zhang, continue to invite him. He
I am most familiar with Wang Tiejun, and I am also familiar with the NBA. I have no problem with English. If the basketball department in the United States has anything to do, we will ask him for help, so we will ask him." Li Zhuang said.
"Okay, then I'll inform him." Sun Zhenping nodded.
Phoenix, at almost 11 o'clock on the morning of the 19th, Wang Tiejun woke up naturally from his sleep.
"So hungry!"
I quickly got up, washed up and went downstairs, where Zhang Lili was preparing lunch.
"Brother Zhang, do you have anything to eat?"
"There is bread and milk there, you can help me first."
"OK."
"A piece of good news, do you want to know it?" Zhang Lili said at this time.
After looking at Zhang Lili, with a look of uncontrollable excitement, he took a guess and said, "Someone asked you to be a personal trainer?"
"Uh, not yet."
Zhang Lili shook his head regretfully.
Sun Zhenping told him that CCTV would continue to invite him and that he had made up his mind to develop into a professional commentator.
He had worked as the head coach of the BJ youth team before, and there are many players in the NBA who have retired and started doing this job, so he could give it a try.
And no one in the country is more familiar with the NBA than him. He has advantages in this area, and they are huge.
"You are the MVP of the World Championships. Don't worry, someone will ask you sooner or later." Lao Wang consoled him.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I may really change my career to be a commentator in the future." Lao Zhang shook his head.
"I'm not inviting you here, and it's not like I won't give you a salary, so why are you so eager to change careers?" Lao Wang said in surprise.
"I think it's a pity that the level can't keep up with the level of the NBA. I'm embarrassed to take so much money from you." Lao Zhang asked.
"Indeed, how about you return half of my money?" Lao Wang said quickly.
Lao Zhang rolled his eyes helplessly and ignored this. It is impossible to refund. That is my house money. He said: "What I said is that CCTV may broadcast the finals in real time. As long as you Sun
The team can reach the finals.”
"Really?" Lao Wang was a little surprised.
"This is for you, you will now be in the sight of domestic basketball fans." Lao Zhang said happily.
"How many basketball fans are there in China? I think there may be fewer than those in Japan," he said.
"How can we have a smaller population than Japan when we have such a large population? It's just that, relatively speaking, it's not as popular as football, and there are still a lot of fans. Otherwise, CCTV will spend a lot of money to buy the copyright?" Lao Zhang said.
Nodding, he said: "It seems that I have to work harder and reach the finals, so that I can watch my game at home."
"Play better and become famous in one fell swoop." Lao Zhang encouraged.
But he added: "If you want your family to watch the finals, you have to ask your parents to go to Sijiu City."
"Why?" he asked.
"There is insufficient power in rural areas, and power outages occur every now and then. Moreover, if the voltage is insufficient for such a large TV set, you cannot afford it," Lao Zhang said.
"Okay, I'll call home and ask my parents to go to the bj and stay in a hotel, okay?" he said.
"Okay, find a high-end hotel. Ordinary hotel rooms don't have TV sets."
"Okay, I'll let my eldest sister and second sister handle it when the time comes." He said.
He thought about it again, returned to the living room and dialed Lance Hoxman's phone, telling him about CCTV's possible broadcast of the finals.
"Old K, this news is great!"
Hawksman over there became excited when he heard it, and immediately analyzed it for him: "If CCTV officially broadcasts NBA games, it will have greater influence in China in the future, which also means that you can also
Have influence and visibility, and that is your business value.
I have to inform Mr. Gemarone and Mammoth about this matter. Once the NBA expands in China, we need to re-plan to promote your plan in China and Asia."
Comrade Lao Wang curled his lips. He was no longer interested in this promotion plan. You fooled him once and you want to fool him a second time?
Valley
Not ten minutes after hanging up the phone, someone from Mammoth sent him three boxes of his signature sneakers, a total of 48 pairs, which were his consumables for the next period of time.
Anyway, on average, including daily training, he wears six or seven pairs a week, consuming an average of one pair a day, all provided by Mammoth.
After eating lunch and resting for an hour, with the help of Zhang Liang, he conducted flexibility and speed training, and practiced shooting and ball control for another hour. The afternoon passed like this.
Although I practiced all afternoon, the amount of training was not very large. Except for speed training, the other trainings were not very physically demanding.
It was almost five o'clock, and Lao Zhang went to prepare dinner again.
He sat in the backyard to rest, opened the system and looked at it. The speed had increased from level 60 to level 61.
"There should be points rewards, right?"
I looked at the points again, and sure enough, after reaching the Western Conference Finals, the system awarded 500 points, and now I have 900 points.
"System, exchange it for a skill optimization card. I want to optimize ball control." He said.
"Exchange begins, exchange is completed, optimization begins... Optimization ends, data transmission begins..."
Soon, the transmission was over and his basic ball-handling skills were updated.
The new ball control technology combines the current physical condition, the ability to integrate the man and the ball is increased, and the ability to protect the ball is increased.
“The level of basic ball-handling skills has been improved from level 63 to level 75, low post play has been improved from level 90 to level 92, low post facing the basket has been improved from level 60 to level 63, offensive ability under the basket has been improved from level 92 to level 93, and close-range attack has been improved from level 92 to level 93.
Level 85 is upgraded to level 86."
"Better than nothing." He sighed.
After doing some calculation, he has spent 7,700 points, which is 2,300 points short of 10,000.
"There are only 400 points left. I hope to win the Western Conference championship. The championship points reward should be indispensable, otherwise the offseason will not be enough!"
…
The next day, the 20th, the G6 battle between Mosaic and SuperSonics went on as scheduled.
The Sonics' scoring is too average. After a game, the highest score is only 14 points. This is actually a big advantage, because it will make the Mosaic team's defense more difficult and difficult to focus on.
But unfortunately, tonight's performance was not very good. They made 3 of 14 three-pointers and the overall shooting rate was only 42.9%, while the Mosaic team was 55.1%.
In the end, the Mosaic team won, and the score was tied at three, and the two sides entered the tiebreaker.
But the person who allowed the Mosaic team to win was not the core big dream Olajuwon, but Kenny Smith, the famous point guard of the Jets.
Kenny Smith made 13 of 16 shots from the field, with a shooting percentage of 81.3%, and 4 of 6 three-pointers. He scored 30 points and led the team to equalize the score.
Dameng scored 14 points and 10 rebounds in 39 minutes, the lowest score among the five main players.
He made 7 of 13 shots, and his shooting percentage was acceptable, 53.8%, but he played without any aggression and did not get a single free throw opportunity. This was his third game in the second round series with zero free throws.
In this crucial match, where if you lose, you will be eliminated, Dameng failed to play a core and critical role, which earned him widespread criticism from the media.
The next day, because all the other second-round games were over, all the major media's attention was focused on this game. Dameng was the first to bear the brunt. It was put on the headlines of many media's sports pages, and all kinds of accusations were overwhelming.
Among them, Wang Tiejun's name also appears from time to time.
"The key G6 game, this is a battle of life and death, but the Mosaic team only had 10 free throws in the game, while the SuperSonics had as many as 19. The Mosaic team can win the game entirely due to touch, and Olajuwon's contribution in it
It can be ignored, he is almost invisible in the whole game. Old K is right, Dameng is indeed a super center who is good at big jump shots." New York Sports News.
ABC TV station said in sports news: "Olajuwon averaged 7 free throws per game in the regular season this season. After entering the playoffs, the average number of free throws per game dropped to 5.5. If it were not for one free throw in the first round,
If the number reaches 20 times, the data will be even lower, maybe only three to four times, which is comparable to an ordinary point guard.
In the second-round series, he averaged only 4.4 free throws per game. In the last four games, he only made a measly 3 free throws in total, and in three of them, he made zero free throws in total.
What does this mean? It means that his lethality has dropped significantly. He is indeed very good at it and is getting better and better at what Lao K calls the iron-blooded jump shot."
"Shet!"
Every time I see these news, Da Meng, who has been scolded so much, is so angry that he groans.
The team will criticize him when they lose, and they will criticize him when they win. Do the media have any bottom line? Damn it, old K, you dunk every ball, how many more years can you play?
…
After resting for two days in a row, Wang Tiejun felt that his physical fatigue had reduced a lot and his energy began to recover. However, this time was not enough to truly recover.
The next day, on the morning of the 21st, a reporter from tnt interviewed him over the phone.
"Old K, who do you think will win in tomorrow's tiebreaker?"
"SuperSonics, I'm not optimistic about the Mosaic team."
"Why?"
"Because there's a wimpy dream out there."
"Poof!"
After this interview, he received many phone interviews from the media, and there were also some media outside the villa who wanted to interview him.
His answers to questions were quite explosive, and he is now very popular with the media.
The 22nd, the day of the second round.
On this day, Wang Tiejun's interview was published in newspapers or TV sports news by major media.
"Old K, you slandered me, I'm not done with you!"
After seeing the news, Dameng was furious and gritted his teeth.
Now the media has put two labels on him, one is an iron-blooded jumper, and the other is a soft-ball dream. Damn it, is this in line with his style? David Robinson's soft-ball is almost the same.
To be honest, he would rather have the label of Old K as a violent person than these two labels.
Fortunately, these two labels are not his alone, David Robinson has not escaped. Ewing is better, only the label of iron-blooded jump shot.
Now because of these news, he has refused all interviews with the media. The media is full of negative news about him, and the sales of his signature sneakers have plummeted. The culprit of everything is the bastard old K.
That night, the tiebreaker between Mosaic and SuperSonics began.
"Today I will see how Dameng loses. I bet that he will definitely attack the basket this time. If he tries to make a jump shot from outside, he will not be able to survive."
In the living room, Wang Tiejun laid out melon seeds and peanuts and was ready to watch a show and eat melons.
Lao Zhang calmly analyzed: "The regular season records of Mosaic and SuperSonics are the same, but the SuperSonics have a better mutual record against Mosaic and have the home court advantage, which may ultimately affect the result."
If what he said was true, in the end, the Sonics relied on the advantage of playing at home to defeat the Mosaics in the tiebreaker and advance to the Western Conference Finals.
In the first quarter, Dameng frequently got to the basket, leading the team to end the first quarter with a 26:20 lead.
In the second quarter, the Mosaic team continued their good performance, scoring 22:18 and leading by 10 points at halftime.
But things changed in the third quarter. The Sonics launched a crazy attack and scored 35 points in a single quarter. However, the Mosaic team was stunned and only scored 22 points in a single quarter. They lost by 3 points in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Mosaic team worked hard to catch up, and finally equalized the score at 23:20, 93, and the two sides entered overtime.
Unfortunately, at the end of overtime, the two sides scored 7:10, and the Sonics had the last laugh.
"Look, what I said is right, the weakling Meng just can't beat the Sonics. Who let him fish in the first few games?" Lao Wang said with a smile.
Lao Zhang said: "7 of 15 shots, 46.7% shooting, 9 of 10 free throws, 23 points, 17 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks. Dameng's performance is really good, but unfortunately the shooting rate is a little lower. Today's SuperSonics game
His double attack is very strict, if the touch is better, the Mosaic team will win."
He said: "He only took 15 shots after playing 50 minutes, which should be lower than his average number of shots per game in the playoffs."
Lao Zhang reminded: "Tiejun, you must pay attention to rebounds when playing against the SuperSonics. They grabbed 51 rebounds this time, and the Mosaic team only had 38, which is 13 points behind. It can be said that the loss will be on rebounds. Grab more today."
With a few rebounds, it will be difficult for the Mosaic team to lose."
He was shocked and hadn't noticed this yet. After doing some calculations, he said: "Dameng alone robbed 17, and the others combined only 21. Isn't this too bad?"
Lao Zhang said: "The main reason is that the Mosaic team's substitute lineup is not good and they grab too few rebounds. I did the math. The Mosaic team rotated ten people and only grabbed 7 rebounds with 5 substitutes, while the SuperSonics rotated 9 and grabbed 4 rebounds."
The substitutes grabbed 15.
The same goes for you, the substitute lineup is not good, if there is a problem, it will probably be on the substitute lineup."
