Why join the King and Zhang Feng as a team? Pat Riley gives his 3 reasons.

First, Zhang Feng is selfless enough, his 23 assists and the Kings' 40+ assists have long proven it, such qualities are enough to ensure that any superstar who joins the Kings can maximize their due level, and may even improve their strength, and the Kings with two superstars will be even more terrifying than the Warriors for 15 years.

Second, the king has enough salary space, the king's total salary this season is only more than 78 million US dollars, in addition, the king has a bunch of contracts that are about to expire, and Zhang Feng's rookie contract has 3 years, even in 2020, the king chooses to renew Zhang Feng with the highest salary in advance, there is still enough space to provide a maximum salary long-term contract for the superstar who goes to join.

Third, whether it is Kobe Bryant or O'Neal, or LeBron and Jordan, they do not hesitate to praise Zhang Feng's talent, he is called the first person in the future by many NBA celebrities, and his rookie season has broken many NBA historical records in a row, leading the team to win the first place in the West, which completely proves that the expectations of celebrities for him will not be disappointed.

Pat Riley's tweet re-encrypted the 'Zhang Feng shouted Paul George' incident that had subsided, and for a while, all fans who cared about the NBA on social networks were reposting this message.

But if someone makes a point, someone will object, and the first person to oppose Pat Riley is Olajuwon, a Rockets legend. He said that the Rockets have beaten the Warriors twice this season, and Riley is too full of words, and the first thing free agents want to win a championship should be the Rockets.

Olajuwon didn't brag, the Rockets just beat the Warriors on the 21st, and in the first game of the regular season, they also won the Warriors, although the lineup configuration does not look as strong as the Warriors, but playing 55 is definitely not a big problem.

Such a rebuttal was supported by many fans, who kept leaving messages under Riley's Twitter, asking Riley what he thought of Olajuwon's rebuttal.

But Riley seemed to disappear after tweeting, and despite the heated discussion on social networks, he never responded, and even when it was mentioned in an interview, he avoided talking about it as if he had never said it.

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At the Lakers training base, Pelinka looked at his phone and laughed: "I didn't expect that joy fell from the sky, and what we had to do in person was actually done by Riley for us."

The magician also slapped his thigh happily "From his point of view, it is much more cost-effective than we are to buy the media, and he is a person who has no interests in this incident, Paul George will believe him more"

Seeing the two of them so happy, Jeanne Bass asked in a tentative tone, "If he does this, will Paul George not be able to go to the king?" ”

"Yes, although Paul George formed the Big Three with Anthony and Westbrook this season, he was traded by the Pacers, and no one thought in advance, so it was not a huddle. But if he goes to the Kings now, the nature will be completely different, and the fans will definitely think that he is going to hug Zhang Feng's thigh" Pelinka's face couldn't hide the smile at all.

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After seeing Pat Riley's tweet, Presti urgently called a management meeting.

As the meeting began, Calvin, head of operations, excitedly asked, "Maybe we won't need Plan B?" ”。

Presti took a deep breath and said slowly: "Plan B still needs to be there, but the first thing to implement is Plan A, and now we have to hurry up and take this opportunity to discuss with Paul George about an early contract extension in the summer."

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In the League office, Adam Xiao Hua looked at the news tweeted by Riley with a solemn face, and the head of the public relations department sitting opposite him was a little nervous, he couldn't guess what Adam Xiao Hua was thinking at the moment.

A few minutes later, Adam Shaw took off his glasses with relief, "I finally understand why the Heat are also in the opposition this time, Riley, a cunning guy, is so old that he doesn't want to retire yet."

"What... What do you mean? The head of public relations listened with a bewildered expression.

"Hehe, Pat Riley wants to kill two birds with one stone, and he says this, both to sabotage Zhang Feng's plan to recruit Paul George, and to make a final push to create a chance for future deals."

"The deal of the future?" The operations supervisor only understood the first half of the sentence.

"Did you know that in last year's draft, Pat Riley was going to trade up for the Kings' No. 5 pick?"

"Know, I've heard he's even willing to give Whiteside"

"He was going to use the No. 5 pick he got after the trade to select Zhang Feng, at that time many NBA teams were not optimistic about Zhang Feng, only he keenly saw Zhang Feng's potential, if it wasn't for the Kings head coach David Jorgri asked to choose Zhang Feng, Divac might have traded the No. 5 pick to the Heat"

"Then you mean, the Heat still plan to continue to get Zhang Feng now?" The head of operations seems to have guessed a little.

"Yes, the Heat don't plan to give up, it should be Riley who doesn't plan to give up, he may have been desperate, but he didn't expect Zhang Feng to make a shouting thing recently, which made him see hope again, and this is his last hope, once Paul George joins the king, the probability of Zhang Feng leaving the king may drop to zero, so he is in a hurry to jump out to prevent other stars from joining the king. This move is really ruthless, and it is worthy of the title of 'God Operator'."

"Wait, you just said that the probability of Zhang Feng leaving the king may drop to zero?" The head of operations was skeptical.

"LeBron left the Cavaliers, Jordan didn't join the Bulls on his second comeback, Kobe Bryant offered a trade in '07, nothing is impossible in the NBA, as long as there are enough benefits" Adam Shaw smiled at the corner of his mouth.

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In Miami, in the hotel where the Kings are stationed, Zhang Feng is discussing things with David.

"Pat Riley is here to get involved, what's the point?" David kept shaking his head in confusion.

"For a person like him, all his actions have a purpose, and if he does this, there must be some interests driving him," Zhang Feng said casually while flipping through the news.

"What good will he gain by muddying the waters?"

"It is unknown at the moment, but it is most likely that he also has a crush on Paul George, after all, he is also old, time is running out, and if he wants to surpass the 'Cardinal' Auerbach, these years are his last chance," Zhang Feng said after contemplation.

"Beyond Auerbach? Why? How do you speculate? David was curious.

"Quite simply, he won championships as a player, and then went on to win four championships as a coach with the Lakers. When he joined the Knicks, he also quickly improved the Knicks' record, but he was unlucky to meet Jordan, was swept by the Bulls twice, and finally broke into the finals and met the fully fitted Olajuwon, he must be very unwilling"

"So then he joined the Miami Heat?"

"Yes, but he was too lucky in his early years, and then he was always very unlucky, and finally he had no choice but to live behind the scenes"

"It didn't take long for him to get very good results after he became the director of the Heat, how can you say that he was unlucky?"

"Choosing to poach O'Neal was one of his most successful operations, but he was not satisfied, so he later said that LeBron and Bosh would join the Heat to achieve a new dynasty"

"Such a meritorious achievement, very rare in the NBA," David's tone was full of envy.

"But he's not retired yet, he's definitely waiting for the next opportunity, maybe he's seen it recently."

"Then it seems that it is really possible for him to want Paul George," David said, with some trepidation.

"I don't care who he wants, but if he does this, our chances of getting Paul George will be greatly reduced, and we have to make him understand that we are not easy to mess with tonight" Zhang Feng looked resolute.

The two chatted for a while before packing up and going downstairs, the game between the Kings and the Heat was at 7 p.m., and the team staff had already notified them to get on the bus.

When the king and his entourage arrived at the American Airlines Arena, Zhang Feng was naturally surrounded by reporters, and the question asked was nothing more than how to view Pat Riley's speech, but Zhang Feng did not accept any interviews.

Entering the arena, the Heat team is already warming up, and their head coach Spoelstra is communicating with the players, judging from the tactics board in his hand, he should be talking to the players about tactics.

This season, Spo has relied on a bunch of second-rate players to bring the Heat to fourth place in the East, and the playoff spot has been secured, which has greatly improved the fans' evaluation of his coaching ability.

During the LeBron period, as long as the Heat lost the game, Spo would be hacked, would not arrange the rotation of the lineup, would not formulate tactics, and hoped that he would be out of class, and now he has finally proved himself.

It can be said that Spo's coaching level is only a little worse than Spurs Popovich, Maverick Carlisle, Celtics Stevens, and Warriors' Kerr in the league.

Every time the king faces a tactical coach, it is not easy to play, because these tactical coaches will target Zhang Feng, once Zhang Feng is targeted, the king will lose the engine, and the offensive and defensive rhythm of the whole team will be slowed down.

Fortunately, in the last few games, the King's tactical experiment has worked well, Justin and Skar have changed their style of play, which has greatly improved the defensive strength of the King's front, plus Zhang Feng and George Hill have been playing dual point guards, and it has become a lot more difficult to break through the Kings by targeting Zhang Feng.

At 7 o'clock, the game between the two teams officially began, judging from the introduction of the home broadcast, the Heat starters were: center Whiteside, big forward James Johnson, small forward Josh Richardson, scoring guard Derrick Jones Jr., and point guard Dragic.

Except for Dragic, the other players Zhang Feng are not very familiar. However, at a glance, the two Heat players standing with Willy and Justin were both shorter than them, and then he gave Hill three and four fingers in a row, intending to tell Hill to focus on the front line.

Hill nodded understandingly, but Randolph had not won against Whiteside, so he had to give up for the time being.

The Heat's first attack, Dragic dribbled the ball fast, Hill kept the speed to follow, and when he reached the three-point line, the ball was passed to Jones, Zhang Feng directly forced it, but Jones seemed to be prepared, and the ball was sent to Heat power forward Johnson.

The moment Johnson got the ball, he put his left hand horizontally to prevent passing, and when Johnson began to turn his back, he raised his right hand to interfere with the shooting vision in advance.

But Willy's weakness is that his weight is a bit light in the position of power forward, although he is only 4 kg less than Johnson, but Johnson's lower body strength is strong, and under continuous back hits, Willy is very difficult to defend.

If he can't stand it, he can only retreat, but Johnson is not a rookie, as soon as Willy withdraws, he immediately turns around and shoots.

Fortunately, Willy raised his right hand early, Johnson's shooting sight was not good, and the basketball popped out of the frame.

Just when Zhang Feng thought that Randolph would grab the rebound and he was going to play a fast break in advance, a pair of thick palms suddenly appeared and snatched the basketball from Randolph's hands, and the Heat fans at the scene also let out a burst of cheers.

At a close look, it turned out to be Whiteside, and the title of the rebounding monster really deserved its name.

Since he lost the rebound, he could only put on a posture to defend again, but Whiteside did not give the king a chance, and after he landed, he jumped directly on the spot without shooting the ball, needless to say, he must have dunked.

Even if he grabbed the frontcourt rebound, he still wanted to dunk on the head, but Randolph couldn't bear it, and he also jumped up and planned to block.

Dressed as he got older, Randolph's bounce and speed were blown up by White, and not only did he fail to block, but he was fouled by a thug.

Whiteside, who was tied at 2+1, rushed to the sideline and threw his fists and roared, the Heat fans kept clapping and cheering, and Randolph could only stand in place, touching his head with an embarrassed face.

After hitting the free throw, Zhang Feng settled on the left wing early. Hill drove forward with the ball, and he landed at the top of the arc and gestured to the Kings to play forward.

The gesture fell, and Bogdan immediately ran from the left short corner to the three-point line and crossed with Zhang Feng to cover. With the cover, Zhang Feng successfully slipped the bottom line. The Heat hurriedly changed their defense, and White had to step forward to block it, wanting to form a front and back attack with Richardson to Zhang Feng.

Although it was a flanking attack, Whiteside also maintained his attention on Randolph. But Hill didn't think about passing the ball to the inside at all, he also dribbled the ball to the left side when Zhang Feng was running, and after Zhang Feng attracted two players from the Heat, he relied on Bogdan's cover and passed the ball to Willy who slipped to the free throw line in the gap.

Although Johnson chased the defense in time, he was still delayed by Zhang Feng, who slipped the bottom line, and Willy was taller than him, Willy's shot he failed to prevent, and the King scored 2 points.

"How did the king execute such a complex tactic so perfectly?" In the VIP stands, Heat owner Allison asked Riley next to him.

Riley didn't answer immediately, but waited for a while before he spoke: "That's the beauty of a superstar, every player in the team watches his actions"

"By that point, how come I've never seen this in LeBron?" Alison was skeptical.

"I'm sorry, I didn't describe it well, I should say that Zhang Feng is a super leader with superstar strength" Riley's tone seemed to be a little emotional.

"You mean LeBron can't do that, either?" Alison suspected that he had misheard.

"Well, LeBron can't do it either"