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Chapter 700 Indecent Results
At first, Louis found it interesting that both sides talked about it.

But gradually, this incident took over their lives and became a part of it. Every day, reporters asked Louis related questions.

Nobody paid attention to the Knicks' 20-game winning streak.

Everyone wants to know the Knicks' team's further response to Chamberlain's nonsense.

When Louis went back to what Chamberlain said, he felt that it was not worth refuting.

So, when Louie was asked the question before the next game, he frowned, "Wilt seems to think he's the greatest player ever. Well, that may be true statistically, but if he's as good as he says, shouldn't he win a few more rings?"

"It's terrible, Little Lu has joined the battle!"

The news was spread by the media and quickly caused a thunderous response.

"I don't know. I didn't watch the games back then. I only know that Patrick has just played professional basketball for five years, but he already has as many rings as Wilt. If Wilt is so strong, why did he only win two rings after playing professional basketball for 14 years?"

After Louis got involved, he stopped arguing with Chamberlain about strengths and weaknesses, and pointed to the core of the problem.

How many times have you won?
Number of champions?

How to say less?
"Little Lu should know that one cannot win a championship, no matter how strong an individual is, but basketball is a team sport!"

Chamberlain made an official response to this: "Russell has many great players around him, and Kareem has Irving. They are all great players. I also have some great teammates, but compared with my opponents, they are not enough. This is the fact."

But Louis had already thought he would say that.

"It sounds like Wilt is complaining that his teammates aren't good enough? Is that true? Maybe, I repeat, I didn't watch the game at the time, and I can only make my case based on the statistics and hard facts -- in Wilt's opinion, Russell had better teammates. So what is the fact? Russell's teammates have been selected to the All-Star 27 times, and Wilt's teammates have been selected to the All-Star 25 times. Te has only 11 seats, and then he feels that his teammates are not good enough. Why is this? I don’t know whether his teammates failed him or he failed his teammates.

If two well-matched teams meet repeatedly in the playoffs, reaching the tie-break and competing until the last minute, then the stronger person will often lead the team to win the game.Russell has won 1 tie-breaks in his career, winning each one.And Wilt's tiebreaker record is 10-4; if you think that's not enough, Wilt is 5-10 and Russell is 11-16 in games where the team is about to be eliminated.I'm done, I think the result is obvious, don't take it seriously, I just said it casually. "

The addition of Louis made this war of words a debate on Chamberlain's historical status.

In 1990, there are still many people alive who witnessed Chamberlain's playing career.Those who chose Bill Russell as the best in history on the 30th anniversary of the NBA, they all stood up to respond to Louie's doubts about Chamberlain.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chamberlain changed the topic, made a super drift, and fired at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

This is his repertoire. Every few days, he would complain about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's bad behavior. Fortunately, he played professional basketball, otherwise he didn't know what would happen.

From Abdul-Jabbar's private life, to his game style, to his cookie-cutter hooks, to his unkind public image, to his long career.

Especially Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's career. In the mid-to-late 80s, every time Chamberlain mentioned Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he always had a face of "Why is this guy still fighting?"

In the past, Chamberlain's attacks on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did not receive a response, but this time, it was different.

On March 1990, 3, Kareem Kareem officially announced his retirement, ending his long career.

He wrote an open letter for the Los Angeles Daily News.

In this letter, like his Hall of Fame speech, he thanked many people and responded comprehensively to Chamberlain's attacks that have been going on for a decade.

"Wilt Chamberlain has probably done it 1 times yesterday by belittling my honor and my career in his column in the Los Angeles Herald.

Wilt and I are old acquaintances.When I was in high school, I had two role models in mind, Wilt and Bill Russell.I have a scrapbook full of photos of the two of them in action.Wilt was living in New York at the time, and I found out where he lived, and I went down the street to say hello.But as I got older, I strongly disagreed with his stance on certain things, like supporting Nixon for president in his autobiography and denigrating black women.But I never really hated him, I always respected his professional achievements.He's one of the best centers ever.So, I decided to take this opportunity to respond to all the insults he's thrown at me over the years.

This is an open letter to Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt, you and your media friends have been critical of my career for years.Since there doesn't seem to be any end to this sort of thing, I feel I have a right to have an opinion on it.

Most people who have achieved your level will be satisfied with their past.Some of the things you did in your day are quite admirable.So why are you jealous and envious of me?
To figure this out, I started looking for things in me that would make you jealous, and that's when it started to become clear.Many people remember how upset you were when your team lost the NCAA Tournament.Your talents and ability are so outstanding that everyone thinks that the NCAA national championship is in your bag.But after three overtimes in the national finals, your Kansas team lost.Afterwards, you complain about the refs, your teammates, and other things, then run away and leave college early for the Harlem tour.This seems to set a tone for your career.If you lose a game, you blame the people around you and run away.

When you join professional basketball, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics teach you a lesson in competitiveness and teamwork every year.You end up saying your teammates suck, you did your best, the refs favored the Celtics, and everyone is blaming you for not being responsible.Oh, poor Wilt.

In 1967, you finally had your breakthrough.But the next year, you lost again, and as always, you fled Philly and came to Los Angeles to join the fantastic Lakers.The biggest shortcoming of this team is the center. Your arrival should have filled all the gaps. What happened?The Bills and the Celtics stole a title from you in 1969, and then the Knicks stole one in '70.People are still trying to figure out why you disappeared in those two series. After the Knicks beat the Lakers to win the world title in 1973, you fled, as always, and never appeared on the court again.

Over the years, you have often come out to make irresponsible remarks to me.In the 1988 Western Conference Finals, you said, "Karim should have retired five years ago." I see now why you said that.If it was you you would do that, you wish I were like you.

You have never had such stability as me, you envy my longevity and longevity, so you hope that I will leave early like a loser, I am sorry to let you down⑴.

Given everything you've been through in your life, I can understand.So, when I officially retire now, one thing will be part of my legacy: people will remember me working with my teammates and winning.And people will remember you as a whining weakling and give-up, no matter how good your numbers are.above. "

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar quelled the war of words that lasted for more than half a month in his own way.

Chamberlain didn't jump out to pester him anymore.

Louis and the Knicks achieved 30 consecutive victories in peace. This was a great achievement, but it was taken away by all kinds of off-court attention. It was not until they lost the game that people discovered that the Knicks had unknowingly won 60 wins and only lost 9 games.

For Louie, it was the best way for this nonsense war of words to end.

He didn't expect Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to jump out. This person who never acted according to common sense chose the most direct way to refute Chamberlain.

Louis likes these people and things, because similar things are impossible to happen in 2020. In the era when players were full of hypocrisy Resby, it was difficult for fans to see the grievances between the stars that lasted for decades.

Abdul-Jabbar, though, was undoubtedly wrong.A few years later, fans have forgotten that Chamberlain was "a weak man who kept whining and a person who gave up easily", but they remembered how outstanding his statistics were very deeply-more deeply than Chamberlain's contemporaries-at the same time, everyone still remembers that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the lucky one who hugged the magician's thigh, and Russell's teammates blew the stereotype of Chamberlain.Therefore, the data is still easy to use, and it will become newer with time, and there is absolutely no harm in swiping more when you can.

After the incident, the Knicks' winning streak ended.

It's a pity not to be able to break the Lakers' 33-game winning streak, but compared to breaking the regular season record, the Knicks' goal is still the playoffs.

The three-peat is what matters.

There are only a dozen games left in the regular season, and they have to calm down.

⑴ Except for this paragraph, all other original texts have been polished by a translator.I wrote this paragraph myself, because publishing it in the original text would conflict with the worldview in the book.Why am I posting such a long paragraph?Water word count?Of course there are reasons for this, but it is not the main reason.The real reason is my attribute: Zhang Hei.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's call to Chamberlain is deeply in my heart.

(End of this chapter)