Under normal circumstances, no matter how big the host is, the guest will be the center, and the purpose of asking any questions should be to promote the ice, which is practical, such as selling books and movies, and subjective, such as the guest's personal positive image.

Rich Paul put a lot of effort into arranging interviews with Zhang Feng in order to give him an edge in the MVP selection, but the host Max seemed unwilling to cooperate and asked embarrassing questions.

The way to deal with embarrassment is also simple, just change the topic, so Zhang Feng directly blocked the meaning of "the king has no stars, the competition in the West is so fierce, and it's only the regular season now" implied under Max's question, focusing on his personal impact on the team, of course, this is more risky, and if you don't do it well, you will end up with an arrogant reputation.

"Eh, I'm sorry, I'm confused again, didn't you just say that the team's current results depend on the team?" Mark tried to find a hole in Zhang's words.

"Yes, but I'm the leader of the team, and winning the championship requires me to lead everyone to continue to work hard and lead my teammates to implement the coach's tactics in place......

'Clever tongue, not easy to deal with', Zhang Feng cleverly avoided the question just now, and then came back in a circle, and Max quickly made this eight-character evaluation of him in his heart.

"OK, Paul, Bill, how far do you think the Kings can go in the playoffs?" Marks raised his hand and asked, obviously acknowledging that the Kings could make the playoffs, but obviously didn't think the Kings could go far in the playoffs, and even subconsciously thought that the Kings would not be able to reach the Finals, otherwise he would have asked, 'Do you two think the Kings can win the championship?'.

Bill Simmons glanced at Pierce and saw that he was still pondering, so he said, "We all know that the season is long, a lot can happen, and it's hard to tell if you win or lose a game in the NBA......"

Max pouted, and Bill Simmons actually talked about the scene, and there was no real conclusion in a large paragraph, and he could only stare at Pierce, hoping that the latter would make a wonderful speech.

"The Kings can easily reach the Western Conference semifinals, if they meet the Spurs they have a chance to enter the Western Conference Finals, but if they meet the Warriors, there is no way, whether it is the team configuration or playoff experience, they can't compare" Pierce thought for a long time before saying this paragraph, first fully affirming the strength of the King, and then specifically pointing out the King's shortcomings, impartiality.

"What do you think?" Max threw the question to Zhang Feng.

"Paul said very objectively", Zhang Feng smiled at Pierce, "However, you don't look at the problem with the perspective of development, the Kings did not perform well last season, you speculate that the Kings will be at the bottom of the new season, and when the Kings are now ranked second in the West, you still think they are not as good as the Warriors and Rockets." Friends, things are evolving, haven't you heard of this classic philosophical saying? ”

"I think it's very possible to go from the bottom of the league to a playoff team in a season, but isn't it a bit of an exaggeration to go straight to a championship team?" Bill Simmons scrambled to ask, and Paul Pierce also gave Zhang Feng a skeptical look.

The performance of the two suddenly made Zhang Feng understand that the current NBA league still does not recognize the performance of the King, otherwise how could Pierce and Simmons forget that the Celtics were at the bottom of the league with a record of 24-58 in the 06-07 season, and the 07-08 season was 66-16 and ranked first in the league.

"Huh? Paul, didn't you ...... before you won the championship in '08."

"We're different, I had Kevin [Garnett], Ray [Allen], Perkins, Rondo, even the benches were Tony Allen, Eddie House and other players, what do you have?" Pierce was puzzled.

"I've got Randolph and Carter and George Hill ......"

"Haha, you're kidding, right? How does Randolph, who is now about to retire, compare with Garnett, who just won the MVP at that time? Don't we understand data differently? Max chuckled.

"Even if Carter, Randolph, Hill and you form a starting lineup comparable to the Celtics starting lineup in '08, how can the bench problem be solved?" Simmons' expression was playful.

It seems that the three people in front of him almost don't watch the Kings game, Randolph has recently broken the team history record aside, he has 10 consecutive games with 18 points and 8 rebounds, and Carter also scored 15 points and 5 rebounds steadily after the Thunder broke out, and the Kings bench also emerged Sampson, Justin and other giants, the Kings team's scoring efficiency ranked third in the league, and the average points conceded per game was only behind the Celtics and Spurs.

It's normal to have prejudices, some of them are because they don't understand, just like Pierce, Zhang Feng can understand; But some are because of arrogance, like the smiles of Simmons and Marks, both of whom never considered the possibility of the Kings winning the championship, and Zhang Feng can't and doesn't want to understand.

Of course, Zhang Feng also considered whether his performance was too dazzling, so that the media failed to notice the wonderful performance of other teammates, but then he thought of the American media's love for Brooks, even if it was a triple-double that hurt the team, the American media was blind and crazy to praise, so there is no such thing as 'right things and not people' or 'not blowing or blacking out the whole thing'.

Max in front of him is a typical representative of the media, and it is obvious that he despises this interview very lightly, not only did he not prepare materials, but also constantly questioned and refuted Zhang Feng's views.

Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, and it doesn't make sense to talk any longer, Zhang Feng got up and said to Pierce: "Call later", after speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door, Pierce, Max, and Simmons were stunned at the same time.

"Hey, the interview isn't over yet, what are you doing here?" Max reacted and shouted loudly.

"Hehe, I'll contact Divac later, and ask him to give you season tickets to Golden One, and you can watch a few more Kings games, and you will find that we are different from those teams that were strong at the beginning of the season and sluggish in the middle and late season, and say goodbye!".

As soon as he walked out the door, Rich-Paul rushed up, "Are you on drugs?" ”。

"No," Zhang Feng got rid of the pull and walked towards the elevator.

"Are you crazy? It's okay to not deal with ESPN before, but now if they release an interview, you'll offend all the media people, so you won't want to win your MVP" Rich Paul is anxious.

"If you can't get it, you can't get it, and it's not that you will die without MVP" Zhang Feng walked into the elevator and pressed the first floor.

"Don't want to trigger the incentive clause? Don't want a reward of 10 million dollars? Haven't you been short of money lately? It's Christmas soon, and you've got to give a lot of gifts," Rich-Paul made it clear from the stakes.

"Of course I want to, but I don't want my teammates to be underestimated, ignored, ridiculed, you don't come in?" The elevator doors were about to close, but Richie Paul was still standing outside.

"It seems that our values are different. You go first, I've got to wipe your ass, I hope Max won't care too much, remember that you owe me a favor, think about what gift to give me for Christmas, I won't take anything less than $10,000"

"Then you will be burdened, and, tell them to broadcast it all, if they dare to edit randomly, I will not let them go"

"Damn, you dare to threaten ESPN as a player, hurry up and withdraw, I'll figure it out"