Chapter 219: Mutual Poverty Tactics
Zhang Feng went to help Hayward treat his injury, and was received so ceremoniously by the Celtics, it is normal for any Kings player to feel uneasy, especially those who are on rookie contracts.
For example, Justin and Mason, they are on a 2+1+1 contract like Zhang Feng, but their team options for the third year are not as safe as Zhang Feng, and now they know that Zhang Feng may leave, what will they think and do in their hearts?
Of course, try to brush the data alone as much as possible to prepare for the future!
And those veterans or players with big contracts, such as Bogdan and George Hill, they can't see the future of the Kings, and their first thought may be to take care of their bodies and not play too hard, so as not to affect the next contract with injuries.
The best way to eliminate the crisis is to do it right away, and now the Kings teammates are still in a state of suspicion, and they can't wait for them to have a concrete idea.
Explain the misunderstanding first, and then use actions to show ideas, this is Zhang Feng's way of thinking to solve the current problem.
"What are you doing when you're depressed" Zhang Feng packed his luggage and sat next to Justin.
"Nothing" Justin turned his head to the window.
"I'm going to play Tatum at night, do you have any ideas" Zhang Feng tried to find a topic.
Tatum, the 3rd pick in the 2017 NBA draft, plays the small forward position, has been starting this season, and has averaged 13.6 points + 6.3 rebounds + 2.0 assists per game so far, which can be said to be the second strongest player in this rookie, only Zhang Feng has performed better than him.
Justin's current average stats are only half of Tatum's, and if they are matched, they are basically in a situation of being beaten.
Saying this, Justin sat up straight, shook his head and said, "I'm not as good as him, just hit it casually, just don't be ashamed."
"How can you increase the morale of others and destroy your own prestige", patted Justin on the shoulder, Zhang Feng took out his mobile phone, "Come, let's analyze his technical characteristics together, and target him at night."
This action made Justin stunned, and he looked sideways: "What's the benefit of you helping me like this?" ”。
"We are teammates, we will fight together in the future, of course, we must make progress together," Zhang Feng said naturally.
In Justin's consciousness, Zhang Feng is the one who is leaving, but now Zhang Feng said that he will fight together in the future, and he can't help but ask inertia:
"All the news at noon says Celtic intends to ......"
"You all know this? They really want to recruit me", after Zhang Feng said this, all the team members and staff on the bus turned their heads to look at him, but they didn't speak, obviously waiting for Zhang Feng's next sentence.
"But how could I possibly go to the Celtics?"
"Why?" Justin couldn't help but interject.
"Because the Celtic boss doesn't have such a beautiful daughter as Anjiali! I haven't even married Anjiali yet."
"Hey......" Seeing Zhang Feng's affection, a carload of people booed, but the atmosphere immediately became much more relaxed.
"Besides, my first industry is still in Los Angeles, and I need to take care of it often", Zhang Feng showed his affection and wealth, in exchange for everyone's sigh of "tsk, tsk, tsk".
"Of course, they just hinted to me that the main purpose of my visit this time was to help Hayward treat his injuries and take the opportunity to promote his own hall", Zhang Feng began to explain the incident while everyone was in a stable mood.
When a person is emotionally excited, the efficiency of communication with him will be greatly reduced, if Zhang Feng gets in the car and says, "You misunderstood", "It's not like this", it will definitely not get a good effect, but will make the atmosphere very stiff. Zhang Feng chose to talk to Justin first, slowly lead to this matter, and by enlivening the atmosphere, and finally explaining, it is the best plan.
With that out of the way, the next step was to divert attention and not let everyone dwell on it, so he decided to talk about learning defensive skills from Russell.
"However, the biggest takeaway from this trip to the North Shore Gardens was that I learned the ultimate meaning of defense."
The word ultimate is a bit of an exaggeration, but it has caught the attention of the Kings players.
"What's that? Let's listen to it", although Willy is not good defensively, but he is very curious, and at the same time, Justin, Papajanis and others also show expectant eyes, only the old fritter like Randolph does not seem to care.
"The ultimate meaning of defense is to take every defense seriously, not to be serious for a while, slack off for a while, and you must persevere", Zhang Feng directly took Randolph as an example.
"Hahaha" The king burst into laughter, only Randolph looked confused, and then he reacted and said:
"Your statement is too general, and I don't believe this is the ultimate meaning of Russell."
"Believe it or not", Zhang Feng sat down with the next sentence, his goal has been achieved, and now the Kings players are pondering the meaning of the sentence just now, and the matter of whether they will go to the Celtics has been forgotten by them.
With the heated discussion of everyone, the team bus gradually drove into the North Shore Garden Arena, and what made Zhang Feng a headache was that some good Celtics fans actually put up a banner that read:
"Zhang Feng, welcome to Boston #2019#".
It's really a pot that can't be opened, and you can't pretend not to see it. After getting off the bus, Zhang Feng could only wave awkwardly to these Celtics fans, and shouted at the same time: "Thank you for your enthusiasm, Irving is a better player, you don't need me, I don't need you, Sacramento has things I care about more!" ”。
Zhang Feng's shouting, first praising Owen, and then showing his attitude, and at the same time eliminating the last doubts of his teammates, can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
"It seems that they are wishful thinking", the team's assistant coach Brown walked quickly to Zhang Feng's side, "You can be a coach in the future, I rarely see a player like you who can defuse the influence of rumors in a few minutes."
"Come on, it's up to you to devise tactics tonight, and if you don't do it, you'll have to repeat the tragedy of the opening game."
Zhang Feng said this sounded a bit complaining that the coaching staff did not have targeted tactics, because the Kings lost nearly 40 points against the Rockets in the opening game, and he didn't want a repeat of the tragedy tonight.
"Didn't you learn the ultimate defensive mystery from Russell? Any suggestions? Brown wasn't upset.
Speaking of which, Zhang Feng really has a way, "At night, I will steal a few Owen first, drive the morale of the whole team, and then use regional joint defense to play a defense that does not score each other, so that we may have a chance to win",
"What do you mean? How do you explain a non-scoring defense? "Brown was a little confused.
"It's about making their attack more like us and beating them with a lot of experience."
"What is our offensive level?"
"The outside line basically depends on me, the inside line is full of strong hits, if you want to score, you have to fight!"
"Seems to be true, you should have a name for this tactic"
"Let's call it a mutual poor tactic!"