After the Lakers warm-up match, James was asked about his relationship with Jabbar, which was his answer:
“No idea. It doesn’t matter.”
For a predecessor who ranked first in the history of the total score, James sounds a bit blunt. If you know how James usually pays attention to his speech and can deal with people of various personalities, then you can hear it, james’s sentence “no idea, it doesn’t matter” is almost disrespectful to his predecessors.
James is still 1326 points away from Jabbar and will become the King of the total score in history, and it is just around the corner to reach 40000 points. It is reasonable that James will express his admiration first and then be modest. Now he is so rude, of course, because something very unpleasant happened and there was no sign of reconciliation at all.
Jabbar offended James, mainly from his several public comments on James’s words and deeds. For the first time, James made a decisive three points to Pacers at the beginning of the season a year ago, imitating Castle’s egg dance. Jabbar made public criticism:
“For me, just win. Why do you want to dance that stupid dance like a child? Isn’t this disrespectful to the opponent? It doesn’t mean at all. GOAT (the greatest player in history) never dances.”
The second time James issued IG to express doubts about the difference between the cold and the new crown. Jabbar also criticized James’s words and deeds as “embarrassing”:
“Some of his words and deeds are really a bit cheap, at least in my opinion. He had some great feats, but he often stood wattled wall both sides, do you know? This makes it hard for me to accept. He wants something different about almost everything. It’s hard for people to figure out his position. Every time you have to think about it.”
This time happened on April 3, when Anthony was awarded the NBA Social Justice Award. After Jabbar finished speaking, he regretted it the next day. He publicly apologized on a radio program:
“I have been talking to the media since I was in high school. I have been talking to the media for 60 years. I can’t guarantee that everything I say is correct every time. What I say on Sunday is one of them. It is not my intention to criticize Leblanc. He has made so many contributions to the black society and the basketball world. We may not be able to agree on all issues, but I would like to sincerely apologize to LeBlanc and clearly express my respect for him. I will be very happy to accept Yogueta.”
In response to the criticism from Jabbar and the subsequent apology, James always adopted a silent attitude. The media asked him that he only said “there is nothing to respond”. But James’s attitude towards Jabbar is actually very rude. At the end of September, a Los Angeles newspaper asked James to list his “top five Lakers in history”. He said the names of four people-magician, West, O’Neal, kobe — then add his own name. The reporter asked why there was no Jabbar? James said, because the center has O’Neal. After thinking about it, he said it was better to remove himself and add Anthony Davis, because he was a more traditional power forward.
It is a way for James to express his dissatisfaction with old Jia that he would rather add Davis than put Jabal in.
In fact, since Jabbar criticized James publicly for the first time, the so-called “Zhan Jia opposition” has been caught by the media and asked questions as a daily stem, so after the first game of this preseason, james couldn’t escape this problem either. He was obviously ready-no idea, it doesn’t matter. This situation will continue until Jabbar is surpassed. At that time, Lao Zhan’s mentality may be different.
To say that Anthony always wanted to be a mediator, let old Jia and James sit down and speak in person. Jabbar is willing, but James has not given a chance so far.
Who is the responsibility for Zhan Jia’s opposition? Obviously, there are more Jabbar. He is a predecessor. He should welcome James with open arms. History is used to break. Since it is inevitable, why not enjoy a high wind? Jabbar and James play in different times. Different competitive environments and even different rules are the necessity of the times. History always goes forward. Today James surpasses Jabbar. Several years later, someone will surpass James.
However, Jabbar was also a social activist who spoke out boldly about social issues. I heard his one-hour speech on the spot and specially talked about his reading experience. From the discrimination of black Americans to the vaccination of the new crown, he was in charge. For different opinions, Jabbar, no matter who the other party is, will fire. But he didn’t consider the inheritance relationship between himself and James in the total score of history, which is easy to be misunderstood. Do you mean to belittle James?
However, James’s practice was a special expression of his personal opinion on the basis of enduring criticism. At most, he could only make no comment, and no comment was a clear counterattack. In my opinion, the argument like GOAT is that Guan Gong fought against Qin Qiong, which is of little significance, but James is also a man of flesh and blood. He is about to enter the 20th year of his career, and the record is in sight, how can we not be proud of our achievements in the past 19 years? So breathtaking moment is coming, still calm like water, pretending that nothing happened, is it too much to pretend?
In the past 20 years, James has faced too many praises and controversies. Kobe, O’Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Nowitzki, McGrady and Iverson, all of his former opponents, have already withdrawn from the field. But now James is still fighting. In December this year, James, who will be 38 years old, is still the top 10 stars in the league. With this alone, look at the long history of NBA, how many people can do it?
When Evans Carter retired a few years ago, his career of more than 20 years was enough to surprise the world. However, James’s 20th season is still at its peak. Compared with Carter’s ultra-long standby, James is not only ultra-long standby but also almost full of electricity, which is even more impressive.
I don’t know when to start, there are more and more voices questioning James and attacking James. I once wrote that people going up the mountain should not laugh at the God going down the mountain. Today, in fact, we still reiterate this view. When a player who is about to be 38 years old is still at the forefront of all kinds of voices and still in the ranks of the best players, this is success.
Perhaps James’s 20th season, 21st season and 22nd season will have all kinds of questioning and abuse voices. In this case, it can make James’s greatness and success more impeccable.