On the morning of G2 of the Western Conference semifinals between the Lakers and the Warriors, the biggest news in the NBA was not the evening game between the Lakers and the Warriors, but James.
James, come home!
James returns to Cleveland for the first time in the playoffs!
James' current reputation in the NBA is very, very poor. I don't know how many people are waiting to see James' jokes.
Especially after Oden played an extremely outstanding performance in Cleveland and completely conquered the Cleveland fans, everyone now knows that the Cleveland fans have completely turned against him.
The former king, the son of Cleveland who they once held high in the sky, has now been completely thrown into the sewers by them.
Therefore, when James and the Celtics' special plane arrived in Cleveland in the early morning, there were already a bunch of reporters surrounding it, waiting to see the joke.
The slogans prepared by Cavaliers fans for James spread all over the world in the first time.
Some people think it's too much, and James fans even think Cleveland fans are a bunch of white-eyed wolves.
However, this does not prevent most theatergoers from loving this scene.
Everyone is wondering what kind of attitude Cleveland will have towards James to welcome their former king.
Do you really think that only the fans are enthusiastic?
That's definitely not the case.
Soon, Cavaliers officials began to take action.
After James and the Celtics came to Cleveland, Cavaliers officials issued a No. 23 jersey on their social accounts.
There is a No. 23 hanging above the arena, and the name of No. 23 is not LeBron James, but Greg Oden!
And there is a sentence underneath the jersey.
"The past No. 23 belonged to Jordan, the league's No. 23 belonged to Jordan, the current No. 23, and the future No. 23 all belong to Greg Oden, and our great emperor will always be the only No. 23 in Cleveland!"
The Cavaliers' official attitude has been very clear.
In the future, the Cavaliers' No. 23 will retire for Oden!
As for James...
The Cavaliers have officially made it clear that they will not retire the No. 23 jersey for James.
In fact, after James teased the Cavaliers last summer, many James fans were worried about this matter.
The Cavaliers officials have never made a statement on this matter.
This is also one of the hottest topics among American fans and Chinese fans on social networks, that is, whether James' jersey can be retired by the Cavaliers.
Now, James fans no longer need to start this topic to complain about James. The Cavaliers' official position has been stated. On the 23rd, the future belongs only to Oden.
Such an official statement from the Cavaliers will definitely stir up waves with one stone.
It didn't take long for the Cavaliers fan base to take action.
As the pride of Cleveland, most Cleveland Cavaliers fans now have James' No. 23 jersey in their homes.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that James’ No. 23 jersey is owned by every family.
Then, these Cleveland fans, wearing Oden's No. 23 jersey and holding James' No. 23 jersey in their hands, ran outside the Celtics Tower Hotel and started a fire!
Some fans held up James' jerseys and pasted a piece of white paper under James' name. On the white paper, it said 'who? '.
No. 23 James, who?
Then, holding up the words 'coward', 'loser' and 'deserter'...
In fact, this is not the most egregious thing. The most egregious thing is always to manipulate James' mother's affairs.
At this time, upstairs, James gritted his teeth and looked at a huge banner held by a group of people.
It says.
“I can’t do it MAMA.
I need AT least 3or4 More All-stars-father on my team to get my Ring! "
Seeing the biggest sign put up by Cavaliers fans, let alone James, even Randolph, Thick Eyebrow, Paul, Gay and others had ugly expressions on their faces.
This damn thing is simply the most vicious curse word they have ever seen!
Not to mention James, even if they all break the defense.
Mom, I can't do it anymore. I need at least 3 to 4 All-Star-level dads to lead me to win the championship.
Farke!
What does this imply?
This is not just scolding James, this is scolding them too!
Of course, this is definitely the harshest way to scold James.
What does this mean?
Does it mean that he accuses his mother of finding a bunch of useless losers and that he should go to the All-Stars?
Does this mean that he, James, is a loser who sells his mother to become a champion?
Even the simplest two-level metaphor is enough to make James unbearable.
Even James, who was ready to crush all his attachment to Cleveland, gritted his teeth when he saw this huge sign and couldn't bear it anymore.
Farke!
At this moment, in Danny Ainge's room, Monty Williams walked in.
Just now, James took the initiative to take responsibility for his failures in the past two games.
At the same time, James promised that he would apologize to all his teammates in the locker room when the team trains.
From now on, the Celtics don't have a single player who is above the team.
To be honest, Monty Williams found it incredible that James was so good at admitting his mistakes.
It feels very unreal.
Before Monty Williams could say anything, Danny Ainge asked him to come over and stand next to him.
Monty Williams looked out the window.
The scene outside the window completely shocked him.
Especially that huge banner.
"Monty, see? He has no choice now."
After Danny Ainge finished speaking, Monty Williams nodded vaguely next to him.
Yes, he really has no choice now!
Does James really have no choice?
Of course not.
James, who really couldn't swallow this breath, posted a long post on his social media.
With James's writing style, without the help of an assistant, writing style and other aspects are not considered. However, although the writing style is not good, the emotions are very intense, and anyone can see how real James was when he wrote this article.
To sum it up briefly, that is.
Basketball is life to the fans, to the players, and we cannot bring such strong emotions into our lives.
You can't use basketball to attack anyone's family, it's immoral.
At the same time, James repeatedly emphasized that he had nothing to feel sorry for the Cavaliers. It was he who brought the Cavaliers to a height that the Cavaliers could never reach. He just broke up with the Cavaliers peacefully at the appropriate time.
He just regards the Cavaliers as his life, and it is you who impose your loyalty to the Cavaliers on him.
His basketball should not only be loyal to his hometown, but his loyalty is also given to his brothers, his holy land, and his family.
Being in the Heat is all about loyalty to your brothers.
Being in the Knicks is loyalty to the dream of basketball, the dream of playing in the holy land of basketball.
Among the Celts, it was loyalty to family and a better education for their children.
In short, it is narrow-minded, selfish and shameless for you to ask me to be loyal to my hometown in this way.
You narrow-minded, selfish, shameless bugs with unsatisfactory lives should all go to hell!
"If he hadn't really broken the defense, maybe we would never have seen such a real side of James."
Los Angeles.
Lakers training facility.
The two Lakers supervisors, Kezi and Maizi, were scrolling through James' social media on their mobile phones.
And they were surrounded by players from the Lakers who came to watch.
During the training break, all these Lakers players were watching the gossip about James returning to Cleveland.
It can be seen how huge the traffic was when James returned to his hometown to visit relatives this time.
Just put it this way, as much as those people praised James in the past few years, the greater the backlash James has encountered now.
Everyone is waiting for Oden to wear the No. 23 jersey and sweep LeBron James in Cleveland!
No kidding, the next game between the Cavaliers and Celtics will be a carnival for people who have grudges against James!
Not only fans, players, coaches, many NBA professionals and basketball practitioners all want to see James in despair.
Corvo can now understand James's current mood.
He had felt this feeling that the whole world wanted him to die before.
But, that time, Coach D saved him and pulled him out of hell before the whole world could see his joke.
And James...
Kobe doesn't know who can save James.
However, Kobe also knew that at this moment, there was actually no need for James to post such a message.
Because in this situation, the more you explain, people will not care about your explanation at all. They will only become more excited and treat your explanation as a carnival venue.
"Anyone can talk about loyalty, but you, LeBron James, are you worthy of talking about loyalty? Loyalty to your brother, where is Wade now? Loyalty to the dream? Madison is in Boston? I am looking forward to it now. When you leave Boston, what will you do to your brother?" Who is loyal!"
The people who are most aggressive towards James offline this time are definitely the Cavaliers fans.
Online, the most aggressive people against James are definitely Wade fans.
Wade won the first MVP of his career this season, which can be said to have awakened the great enthusiasm of Wade fans.
In addition, in G1 of the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers won, and they won beautifully. Wade is likely to return to the Finals again, and Wade fans are even more enthusiastic.
Therefore, the fighting power of Wade fans online is really strong now.
However, it is certainly not just the fans who are rushing to James at this moment.
Many media Vs who heard about it are the main force.
And the ability of these people to ridicule is really top-notch.
For example, a media person named Tucker Boynton directly started a murderous complaint: "LeBron James hit the iron 25 times in the past two games. There are a total of 24 typos or grammatical errors in this article. Although you said LeBron James' He’s no good at basketball, but he’s still a little bit better at basketball.”
What he said made James so angry that his lungs almost exploded.
Even Kozi, Maizi and the Lakers players in Los Angeles felt trembling after watching it.
Actually, James is not so sinful, right?
Although no one likes this capital toy, there is no need for this, right?
At this time in the training hall in Los Angeles, Wade was in the most complicated mood.
James was knocked down by everyone.
Trailing 0-2 at home, the world has now agreed that James' wall has fallen.
Why did the Cavaliers officials, who had been ambiguous for a season, call out Oden as the only number 23 in Cleveland at this time?
It's because the Cavaliers officials haven't thought about completely breaking up with James. Although the chance of getting together in the future is extremely slim, this is James. Even if you don't like James, can you still like the power behind him?
The Cavaliers don't dare to completely break up with James.
But now, it's completely different.
If James loses this series, and not to coach D, but to Oden, who is almost a single-core leader, then James will lose all favor.
Is James strong enough without capital?
It's definitely strong enough.
However, it will no longer be the existence that no team dares to offend.
"This is the NBA..."
Wade sighed.
This season with the Lakers, he really understands a lot.
The best brother once had no value anymore. LeBron left as soon as he said he wanted to.
The betrayal came so quickly.
And now, his once best brother will also suffer all this betrayal.
"Dwayne, the NBA isn't all like this."
"..."
After receiving a pass from Jokic, Ebanks threw the basketball in his hand over Wade's head.
A swipe!
Hit!
Ebanks' shooting on the training ground is always so accurate.
Wade looked at Ebanks in front of him, was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded with a smile.
"Devin, you are right, the NBA is not all about business and profit."
After saying that, Wade looked down at the swaying red Chinese knot on his knee.
At this time, the entire NBA fan base, experts, and media are hunting James like a witch hunt.
The public opinion force behind James has no intention of suppressing or taking action now.
It was too strong and there was no way to suppress it.
And, most importantly, they don't plan to spend that much money on it now.
If the Celtics lose again in the next game, they will indeed give up on James.
So, they won't spend another dime on a tool that is already dead.
Capital is such a reality.
If there is no benefit, then give up completely.
No matter how big your previous investment is, no matter how reluctant you are to part with it, you must stop your losses in time.
This is why James feels that he is worse now than in the summer of 2011.
In the summer of 2011, although he lost to the Mavericks in the Finals and the whole world was mocking him, he and the forces behind him knew that the biggest winner on the surface of this Finals was Nowitzki, but in an invisible place , he LeBron James is also a winner!
It finally proved that in 2012, he won everything back!
If Coach D hadn't come out of nowhere!
In 2013 and 2014, maybe he has completed his dynasty with the Heat. Now, what needs to be considered is surpassing Jordan!
Despite being ridiculed by the crowd in 2011, the core is still full of hope.
But now, there is only despair!
In the dark room, James felt the loneliness from all over the world.
He felt like he was going to be driven crazy by such pressure!
In 2010, when he returned to the Cavaliers, facing the crazy anger of Cavaliers fans, he once said, all the anger is directed at me, and I will use my body to protect my teammates and block everything.
At that time, he had Wade by his side, and at that time, he was not so lonely.
And now...
There was a click.
light is on.
James looked.
"Chris..."
Paul was relieved to see James still in the room.
Everyone was watching the Lakers game together, but James didn't show up. He was very worried.
Seeing the worried look on Paul's face, James, who had just fallen into a dead end, was stunned for a moment, and finally, a smile appeared on his face.
"LeBron..."
Seeing James standing up with a smile on his face, Paul was stunned.
"Chris, let's go."
"Let's go? Watch the Lakers game?"
"No, I apologize to everyone on the team."
What the hell?
Paul was completely fooled.
At this moment, James, who had reached the door, stopped.
"Chris..."
Um?
"sorry."
At least, at this moment, it was sincere.
brother.
Just now, I lost everything, and really, I almost went crazy...
(End of chapter)
