Chapter 299: Jimmy Butler's Weakness
Anyone who is a public figure, no one wants to offend the media, media propaganda is traffic, traffic brings advertising value, and advertising value finally becomes monetary benefits. Therefore, in the NBA, even if he is as strong as LeBron, knowing that the media misinterprets his statement, he can only 'swallow his anger' and use the jersey to block his mouth to deal with it.
Zhang Feng is likely to offend the media by doing this, and if he dares to leave without giving face to the famous host of EPSN, he may not give face to other media people, and Rich-Paul must operate.
Sure enough, before Zhang Feng arrived in Minnesota, ESPN broadcast the video of his interview, although it was indeed not specially edited, but the footage of Max laughing out of voice was blocked, and his later answer was extremely abrupt.
ESPN's abacus played very well, they have been putting up with Zhang Feng for a long time not to give face, this time Rich-Paul as an intermediary hopes to resolve the relationship between the two sides through this interview, and they also accepted the benefits before agreeing, but they never expected Zhang Feng to 'intensify' not to give face this time.
In EPSN's view, as long as the interview video is broadcast, Zhang Feng's reputation will be greatly damaged, MVP or something, he will never think about it again.
It's a pity that the reaction on the Internet quickly failed their little abacus, and the vast majority of fans did not denounce Zhang Feng, but turned around and scolded Max for having a problematic attitude.
It shouldn't be at all, the people at ESPN really can't understand why Max's laughter has been dealt with, why the fans believe Zhang Feng in unison, and the ESPN public relations team hurriedly launched an investigation, and finally they found a comment with the most likes:
"ESPN has always misinterpreted players' statements for a long time, and this time they dared to openly disdain an NBA team, an NBA player's desire to win the championship, and also released a video with malicious intentions, don't be ashamed!"
Never underestimate the heart of a champion, and don't despise a heart that wants to be a champion, EPSN laughed at the king, ridiculed Zhang Feng for not winning the championship, and thought that fans were ridiculed in life for not being able to realize their dreams, and they felt the same way.
Subsequently, Bill Simmons issued an apology statement on Twitter, in which he apologized to Zhang Feng for what he said, apologized to the entire Kings team, and Pierce also gave a phone interview, expressing his shame on Zhang Feng's friendship, and encouraging Zhang Feng to say that what Boston could do in '08, the Kings would have a chance to do in '17.
Not only that, TNT TV, FOX TV, NBATV and other media also announced that they will take this as a warning and pay more attention to the respect for the interviewed guests in future programs.
A video that originally wanted Zhang Feng's reputation to be damaged, but miraculously increased Zhang Feng's fans, especially Zhang Feng's decisive departure from the studio won praise from fans, which was an unexpected surprise for Zhang Feng.
Three hours after the video was released, ESPN couldn't withstand the pressure of public opinion and quietly deleted the video.
That night, Zhang Feng arrived in Minnesota alone, accompanied by the King's staff, rushed to the hotel to meet the team, and when he arrived at the hotel, he opened his room door, and saw that the King's teammates were all in the room.
"Thank you, I may not have the same skills as Kevin Garnett, but from now on, I will definitely have the same fighting spirit as him and fight tirelessly for our championship dreams" Randolph hugged Zhang Feng.
"I'm the same, I'll do my best"
"And me"
"Count me in"
All the Kings players said that they wanted to play hard, not for anything else, just for Zhang Feng to fight for them, especially Carter, Hill and other veterans, they have never experienced the star of the house to show their support for them with practical actions, Zhang Feng is the first person to say that his teammates are not good to directly dismiss the show, this concern they remember.
"Season tickets have been mailed to them, but I don't think they dare come to Golden One to watch us play," Divac and the others said, joking humorously.
Accompanied by the laughter of everyone, David on the side said to the assistant coach Brown next to him: "We may have a wave of consecutive wins next, I don't know if we can exceed 10 times this time."
The Kings have won two consecutive games this season, interrupted by the Celtics and Trail Blazers, and since November, they have won six in a row, including strong teams such as the Cavaliers and Bucks. If they win all four in a row this time, the Kings will have a 10-game winning streak, which will be significant for maintaining the second place in the West. Now that the Kings are so united and excited, the chances of winning 10 straight are very good.
At 19 o'clock on the 15th, the Kings began to enter the target center, and their game against the Timberwolves was about to begin.
Over the past few years, the Timberwolves have been seen as a 'promising future', trading for the top Wiggins in '14 and picking them in their own draft the following year, with the two champions showing unparalleled potential in their first season in the NBA.
After Thibodeau became the owner of the Timberwolves, they spent a lot of time moving to Butler. So far, they have formed a strong lineup of center Towns, power forward Gibson, small forward Wiggins, scoring guard Butler, and point guard Teague, and they are finally no longer 'future-promising', but very strong now.
As of today this season, the Timberwolves are 16-13, ranking fourth in the West.
Before going on the court, Zhang Feng discussed with David, "Later, let Bogdan defend against Teague, and I will defend against Butler, what do you think?" ”。
Hearing this, David frowned, "You don't have an advantage in Butler's height and weight, there's no need, right?" ”。
"I know his weaknesses. Don't worry, leave it to me," Zhang Feng smiled mysteriously.
The game between the two teams officially began, Willy lost to Towns on a jumper, and the first offense was initiated by the Timberwolves.
Seemingly a little disdainful of Zhang Feng's defense, Butler shook his head and set up a triple threat pose directly at the top of the arc.
Butler's weakness is that he is too persistent in three threats, and when Zhang Feng flew to Minnesota yesterday, it took him a lot of time to watch Butler's video to discover his weakness.
The triple threat is indeed a good starting position, if the offensive player has a shot and a breakthrough, the defender will be very passive, but Zhang Feng is very interested in how to defend the triple threat, which is due to the fact that he watches the video of the single defense master when he has nothing to do.
At this time, Zhang Feng was half a step away from Bartley, his right foot was in front and his left foot was standing behind, and at the same time, he raised his right hand horizontally with his left hand, which looked very strange at a glance.
But regardless of whether it looks good or not, Butler frowned, his three threats this time are based on his right foot, whether it is a breakthrough or a shot, he has to borrow his left foot first, but the space around his left foot is blocked by Zhang Feng's right foot, he has no choice but to put down the ball and take a step back to reorganize the attack.