Chapter 645: Chapter 199: You Call This a Media Day?
Just looking at the posters of these five people is already attractive enough to be newsworthy.
But the slogan below the five posters is the key point!
"Laker-all-star-debut"!
Simple and blunt, yet incredibly arrogant!
It’s arrogant, even the Lakers fans watching this poster feel the unbridled and openly flaunted arrogance!
But from the poster itself, there’s nothing to refute, as four out of these five were starters in last season’s All-Star game, and Kenny Anderson was a sophomore phenom who made it into the All-Star starting lineup in the 93-94 season.
No one expected the Lakers to pull this off, do they think signing three major stars this summer isn’t creating enough rivalry?
But the Lakers did it anyway, they’re not planning to keep a low profile.
Some things don’t need to be mysterious to grab people’s attention, don’t need to be hidden to generate anticipation from the fans.
Fans who were already eager to see what the Lakers would do on the media day tomorrow and wanted to watch the live coverage are now even more excited after the Lakers poster was revealed!
Even if there’s nothing special about the Lakers’ media day tomorrow, fans still want to see the five All-Stars in action!
Of course, along with the attention, there will definitely be negative news, but as long as the negative reviews bring heat and attract more attention, it’s profitable for Time Warner Cable Sports as more viewers mean more advertising revenue.
Since O’Neal and Kenny Anderson joined, the Lakers have always been in the spotlight of public opinion, so having more negative topics doesn’t matter.
Since getting their recruits settled in one day, the Lakers have actually been very low-key, except for O’Neal who continues to enjoy, everyone else stays low-key.
Because they really stirred so much rivalry, while the Knicks and the Heat did somewhat similar things, in terms of pillaging, the Lakers were completely surpassed, even signing back O’Neal required a 127 million US Dollar contract, the whole recruitment process almost lacked any pillaging, even Barkley came voluntarily.
So the Lakers management wants to keep a low profile.
But being too low-key all the time isn’t good, before the season starts, Jeanie Buss felt it was time to vent, this is the best way!
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Originally, training camp has started, and teams have begun media days, even though the Lakers garnered more attention, the reigning champions Bulls, the Knicks who introduced three stars, the Heat forming a luxury starting five, the Supersonics being last season’s runner-up, Karl Malone and John Houston Stockton’s Utah Jazz... all have considerable attention.
But the Lakers proved with their strength that grabbing headlines is just that simple.
On the morning of October 3rd, early, the outside of Great Western Forum was already crowded with people. Yesterday, the Lakers’ support department contacted all Lakers season ticket holders by phone and email to invite them to the player’s debut ceremony this morning.
Have you ever seen season tickets sold onsite?
The Lakers did it! A separate window was left at the ticket office, open from 6 AM and operating for 3 hours until 9 AM, selling nearly a thousand sets of season tickets.
By 9 AM, season tickets, press passes, etc. were checked, and admission began.
Media and fans entering the seating area were shocked, what’s this, a concert?
The setup today at the Great Western Forum arena had more than half of the seating areas set up, the area where technical equipment is placed during the game was blocked by a temporary metal wall, with a stage in front of the wall!
It’s exactly a concert stage!
Originally, more than 4000 season ticket holders, two-thirds of whom showed up, plus nearly a thousand season tickets sold onsite, over 4000 fans were directed by the staff to the seats on both sides, with the middle area reserved for reporters.
By 9:58 AM, Time Warner Cable Sports’ broadcast began, the host introduced the day’s program, and when the TV screen switched to the live scene, even the host exclaimed.
Fans in front of the TV were also stunned.
This is called media day? Is this the scene of a media day for a team?
It could directly be used for a concert, right? Wasn’t there a concert held by a singer at Great Western Forum last night and it wasn’t taken down in time?
Then, at 10 AM sharp, the lights dimmed, transforming to the kind of shimmering concert disco lights, and musical rhythm sounded...
"Yeah..."
Magic Johnson’s magnetic voice rang out.
"Lakers."
Some fans recognized, said it was Barkley who uttered this word.
"Lakers hymn, dedicated to everyone..."
This voice was unfamiliar to many fans, but some recognized it, it was Zhang Hao who usually spoke less!
Wait... What did Zhang Hao say? Lakers hymn?
Singing?
It really is a concert! Everyone onsite and in front of the TV was flummoxed!
Amid everyone’s shock and confusion, Zhang Hao’s rap started echoing...
"Came into this world in 1948, basketball’s historical record marks this time, George Mikan overturned this sport’s concept, conquering boundaries in the three-second region, in 1960 arrived at the current home, legends continue being written, Jerry West becomes the NBA’s icon, Baylor’s 61-point Finals are hard to emulate, in 1979 Magic Johnson was picked, thus ushering the world into Showtime..." (This segment is in English, extracted from the song "Lakers Hymn")
A brief rap, less than 58 seconds long, stopped abruptly,
Lyrics were nice, intriguing, the melody wasn’t bad either, the point being it fit the occasion, and fans onsite and in front of the TV found Zhang Hao unexpectedly had other talents, and a slightly youthful voice sang quite well, recalling previously seeing reports that a Japanese drama production company thought Zhang Hao’s acting skills would make him well-suited for movies...
So Zhang Hao is actually a tri-talented genius in film, music, and TV?
The curiosity sparked, many wanted to hear Zhang Hao sing a few more lines, people onsite started chanting "X," and one angry and unwilling shaky roar echoed...
"The Lakers are back!"
Then, spotlights shone on the stage, a lift in an open area on the stage rose.
The Lakers five All-Stars made their appearance!
Looking at O’Neal in the middle with anger and regret on his face, Magic Johnson smiling on O’Neal’s right, Barkley shouting on O’Neal’s left, Zhang Hao holding a microphone on the far left, and Kenny Anderson looking slightly shy on the far right...
The over 4000 people onsite erupted!
At this moment, they seemed to be attending a rock singer’s concert, full of excitement!
This scene, the visual impact was too striking!
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