In addition to Barkley, many celebrities have expressed their views on this rule change.
This time, even Pippen, who has always been a hater of Wang Yi, thinks it is ridiculous for the league to suddenly change the rules when one-third of the season is completed.
However, the other 29 teams all applauded this rule change.
Wang Yi's assisting defense power in the penalty area is too great. Now changing three seconds to two seconds will greatly limit Wang Yi's assisting defense power in the penalty area.
This is especially exciting for the Kings' next opponent, the Lakers.
Why did they lose to the Kings in their last game?
Isn't it because Wang Yi's defense in the penalty area is too powerful?
Now that Wang Yi's three seconds of defense has been changed to two seconds of defense, the time Wang Yi can stay in the penalty area has been shortened by 1/3.
This is naturally quite friendly to their rookie Arthur.
After all, Arthur's main means of attack is to break into the penalty area and take action.
Finally, the time came to December 25th.
Christmas.
Every Christmas game is the highlight of the NBA.
There are four games this Christmas.
Celtics vs. Heat;
Bucks vs Grizzlies;
76ers vs. Hawks;
And the most important one: Kings vs. Lakers.
The Kings currently have the best record in the league and have James and Wang Yi, both of whom have hundreds of millions of fans around the world;
The Lakers are a traditionally powerful team with countless honors and countless fans.
There is also the super rookie Michael Arthur who joined this year.
So this set of duels is particularly eye-catching.
Prior to this, Michael Arthur's performance in these games was getting more and more impressive.
He even scored 60 points in one game.
In one fell swoop, he broke the record of 58 points in a single game set by Zhang Erwan in his rookie season.
It is precisely because of this that Wang Yi's stable Western Conference Monthly Award was snatched away by Arthur.
From last season to this season, Wang Yi won the Western Conference Player of the Month award for five consecutive months.
This time, Arthur snatched it away.
In fact, look at the data comparison between the two.
Michael Arthur is lower than Wang Yi in terms of points, assists, and steals. He is only a little higher than Wang Yi in rebounding.
However, the media still gave the Western Conference Player of the Month to Michael Arthur during their selection.
According to the media, this is a way to encourage newcomers who have performed well.
However, in fact everyone knows that this is because Michael Arthur is an American.
nba is the american professional basketball league.
They will not allow a foreigner, especially a Chinese, to occupy their American League Western Conference best for a long time.
At the same time, Michael Arthur continues to soar in the MVP rankings released in these issues.
In the latest MVP rankings, Michael Arthur has surpassed everyone and surpassed Wang Yi to reach the first position.
In terms of team record, the Lakers are not as good as the Kings;
In terms of personal data, Michael Arthur is not as good as Wang Yi.
However, he ranked ahead of Wang Yi in the MVP rankings.
This is another double-standard performance by the NBA.
Again, although they worship heroes.
But when a hero of their own country appears in front of people, they are of course more willing to support the hero of their own country than to support a foreign hero, let alone a Chinese hero.
Naturally, many celebrities and stars have expressed indignation at their double standards.
However, Wang Yi remained calm.
At this time, he was watching Michael Arthur's game video.
He has studied the video of every game of Michael Arthur at least three times, and already knows some of Michael Arthur's habitual movements and shooting points.
at the pre-match press conference.
The Lakers, as the visiting team, will participate first.
The thick eyebrows have been in a sluggish state for a while, which has also caused the Lakers to fall to the fourth position in the Western Conference.
So at the press conference, he seemed relatively silent.
Westbrook tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after playing five games this year and was out for nearly two months.
He has just come back and played two games, scoring a total of 13 points and 12 assists in the two games.
His condition is far from restored, so he is not that active.
The most active person is Michael Arthur.
Due to the sluggish state of the thick eyebrows and Westbrook's injury, it can be said that Arthur is carrying the Lakers forward during this period of time.
At this time, he attended a press conference again and seemed quite excited.
The reporter asked Michael Arthur: "Hello Michael, in the latest MVP rankings, you ranked first among all the super giants. At the same time, you also won the Western Conference Player of the Month this month. How do you feel?
Sample?"
“Excellent!”
Michael Arthur shook his head and said:
"Of course it feels great! Winning the Western Conference Player of the Month and ranking first on the mvp list, I feel like I deserve this."
Fagan, a reporter from the Houston Chronicle, asked a second question:
"What do you think of the alliance's rule changes this time?"
Fagan should be familiar to Chinese fans.
He is the chief basketball reporter for Houston's only daily newspaper.
Basically, I have to run every game with the Rockets every season.
The Rockets don't have a game today, and the Christmas Day game is getting a lot of attention.
So he, Houston's chief basketball reporter, came to interview.
Michael Arthur replied:
"We are part of the league, and everything the league does is to make the league better and to make the league sustainable. So I support all changes and rules made by the league."
Fagan then asked:
"Some people say that this is a rule modified specifically to target Wang Yi. It will make the Kings' game more difficult and benefit other teams at the same time. The one who benefits the most is you who rely most on scoring in the penalty area. Do you agree with this statement?
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Michael Arthur laughed loudly when he heard this:
"I'm kidding, Wang Yi is not a god. Why does the league need to make rules for him? This is to restrict all defenders in the league and to make the game more enjoyable."
"And I don't think it will benefit me. After this rule is changed, my playing style will not change at all, and my ability and my scoring will not change for just one second."
In short, this guy just doesn't recognize that this rule is beneficial to him.
Of course, his fans won't admit this either.
Next, it's the Kings' turn to attend the press conference.
It's still Fagan, a reporter from the Houston Chronicle.
He asked Wang Yi: "Wang, many people say that the changes to the new rules are specifically to target you. Do you think the changes to the new rules will have any impact on you?"
After all, he has interviewed Yao Ming many times and is quite friendly to Chinese people.
So there is nothing wrong with the question.
Wang Yi had known for a long time that reporters would ask this question, so he blurted it out without any thought.
Chapter completed!