Asking someone to do something, it is natural to show enough sincerity, there are only two kinds of sincerity, either it is something of enough value, whether it is money or something else, or it is to give face to the person who helps enough, the Celtics asked Zhang Feng to help treat Hayward this time, that is, to give enough face, not only Stevens went to the hotel to wait in person, but also used a luxury car to pick up, and finally invited Russell.

Of course, this is a plan for the Celtics to kill two birds with one stone, and they hope to leave a deep and good impression on Zhang Feng, because they have decided that Zhang Feng can definitely become a legendary superstar, and they will have the opportunity to get him in 4 or 2 years, and they will have a great advantage in the future if they start preparing now.

The Celtics showed sincerity, and similarly, if Zhang Feng wanted to learn defensive skills from Russell, he would naturally show enough sincerity, but when Zhang Feng offered to transfer the property in the Wake Bay area to Russell, Russell directly refused.

Russell, who was just awarded the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award this year, has been contributing to the NBA all his life, and he is very happy that Zhang Feng can pay attention to the role of defense, because in today's league, small ball is prevalent, and there are few people who can come to him in person to ask him for advice and learn defensive skills.

Of course, on the one hand, Russell is too old to personally demonstrate and guide, and on the other hand, many players do not have this opportunity and qualifications.

After everyone talked about some other things, Vic left with Hayward and the others, leaving only Zhang Feng and Russell in the arena.

"In your understanding, what is the first important thing to defend?" Russell asked directly.

Zhang Feng has never thought about this problem carefully, every time he plays, he instinctively delays the opponent and prevents the opponent from shooting, he can only tell the truth: "I think the first important thing is not to let the opponent shoot."

After Zhang Feng finished speaking, he looked at Russell with a little nervousness, expecting to see the other party's approval.

Unexpectedly, Russell shook his head slightly, "No, the first thing to defend is to like to defend."

Love to defend? Zhang Feng was stunned and puzzled, Russell continued with a smile:

"Do you think James is a good defender?"

James has won the best defensive team many times, which is certainly a good defender in Zhang Feng's concept, and he replied casually: "Of course, James's single defense is very powerful, and he often locks up the main figures of the opposing team, such as Tony Parker in 13 years, Split in strong blocks, and Iguodala in 16 years, these are his classic defensive moments."

"No, James only becomes a good defensive player when he needs to defend, he can defend with all his strength in the Finals, but a lot of times he also looks at defense, which is why he has not won the best defensive player."

Russell's words, Zhang Feng understood the surface meaning, but he didn't know the deeper meaning behind the words.

"Do you know Rodman, Bowen, Battier? What do you think of their defense and LeBron's ratio? Russell smiled and continued to ask.

These people are all famous defensive giants in NBA history, although their achievements are not as big as James, but Russell specifically mentioned them, naturally there is a reason, Zhang Feng thought about it and replied: "I think they are not as good at defense as LeBron, but they seem to love defense more, maybe there is a certain difference in status."

Russell showed a teachable look: "You are very good at defense, and you have been able to anticipate the opponent's behavior many times, which is the basis for becoming a good defense, but your problem is the same as James, you always press the opponent when you need to defend, such as yesterday against the Pacers, Oladipo pinned you down to the baseline and basically gave up defense."

Speaking of this, Russell deliberately stopped, as if waiting for Zhang Feng's explanation.

"I've tried to ignore Oladipo, but his three-point shooting percentage is quite high, and if I switch guards, my teammates may not be able to guard him, it's the Pacers' trick, I can't do anything else."

"No, you can stick to Collison from the serve, force him to pass, and don't let your defense get into the rhythm of the Pacers, that's the best policy, and the reason why you didn't think about that is because you didn't open the score," Russell said solemnly.

These words were like an initiation, and Zhang Feng suddenly understood. That's right! Instead of following the rhythm of others, it is better to take the initiative to break the rhythm and break the law with force, if you steal a few Collisson, the Pacers will inevitably adjust their offensive strategy, and they will not have to be held back by Oladipo throughout the first quarter.

"As long as you can defend hard all the time, your teammates will also be affected by you, so that there is no situation where the whole team's defense will collapse once you are pinned," Russell continued.

Serious defense all the time? Zhang Feng frowned slightly, he couldn't be sure if this word was Russell's rhetorical device or if it really needed to be carefully defended every minute.

"There is no doubt that you have to pay attention to defense every second, it seems that you are so close to Kobe, and you have not learned his desire to win, he maintains his desire to win every minute and every second on the court, which drives him to do everything that can help win the game, which is the inevitable effort to pursue greatness, in addition, as the leader of the team, you need to lead by example, only by taking the lead, others will follow" Russell sounded like a bell, word by word.

Zhang Feng used to rely on his physical fitness and internal strength advantages to play a lot of wonderful defense, but he never thought of always paying attention to defense, Russell's words let him know what he should do in the future in the field.

"I understand, thank you for your teaching," Zhang Feng bowed and thanked him.

"Learn more, think more, practice more, and the rest is God's arrangement," Russell concluded.

After the two talked, Zhang Feng and Russell went out of the arena together, and Hayward had already booked a place in the restaurant, but Vic, Stephens, and Danny Angie did not attend because of their special status.

The three of them had a good meal and talked about each other until one o'clock in the afternoon, when Zhang Feng returned to the hotel where the team was stationed.

It was two o'clock when I returned to the hotel, and the Kings teammates had just finished packing up and were about to board the team bus to the North Shore Garden Arena for training, but Zhang Feng looked around the bus and found that there was no luggage for him.

"Why don't you wait for us somewhere, why did you run back"

Zhang Feng didn't expect David to ask such a question as soon as he saw him, he didn't disclose the matter of going to help Hayward with treatment, and he didn't notify anyone in the team when he left in the morning, it stands to reason that no one should know, why is David so clear?

"Hey, you have dinner with Russell and Hayward on Twitter, the media says it's the Celtics recruiting you, haha, I almost believed it, how is it, how is Hayward's injury?" David asked with a smile as his colleague pulled him to the side.

"It takes a long time to recover ......"

"It's rumored in the team that you're going to get the top management to give up your contract after 2 years, and then you're going to join the Celtics, no matter how much I persuade them, they won't listen, you can find a way to explain it later" David was slightly anxious, and his tone was hurried.

Zhang Feng never expected that his favor would cause such a big trouble, this game was not easy to play, but now the army is still unstable, and he basically loses.