"This is the second time we have come to the coach's home, the last time was when Mobley and Rashad left"

On December 27, 2000, the Timberwolves players received an invitation from Zhuang Fei, inviting them to Zhuang Fei's home as a guest, which is a very good New Year's gift for these Timberwolves, and it has always been a dream for them to receive the invitation of the head coach.

The last time was bitter for the Timberwolves players, they needed to see off their two good brothers, and this time it was someone to see them off? For a while, the Timberwolves players completely lost the joy when they received Zhuang Fei's invitation, but they were full of melancholy.

When Zhuang Fei waited for the arrival of these Timberwolves players at home, he found that the emotions of these players were strange and looked very depressed, Zhuang Fei understood after a little thought.

In fact, for the recent rumors that he left the Timberwolves, Zhuang Fei has never officially released a press conference to explain the situation, and even before or after the game, when the reporter asked this question, Zhuang Fei just shook his hand and left, did not answer at all, and remained silent, even if these reporters complained to the NBA League about Zhuang Fei's uncooperative interview, at this time David Stern did not dare to issue a fine to Zhuang Fei, and now Stern did not dare to provoke Zhuang Fei, He understands the priorities of the matter very well, so Zhuang Fei also got the silent right to David Stern's press conference. This is also the first NBA coach, and it is like Mutombo's finger shake, Zhuang Fei is silent, in fact, the Timberwolves players are also silent, and they are also very official when they encounter such a problem, although they do not have Zhuang Fei's news acquiescence but they also don't say too much, because they themselves don't know what is going on. Because none of these Timberwolves players really dared to ask Zhuang Fei this question at this time, for these Timberwolves players, as long as the coach did not leave, he was still his own coach, so no one dared to ask Zhuang Fei for an answer at this time. But even so, these Timberwolves players have their own answers. Now within the Timberwolves, it has always been believed that Garnett's greedy big contract led to today's events, especially Pierce has been very dissatisfied with Garnett recently, and at this time there are many Timberwolves players who are willing to support Pierce. This also made Garnett fall into the scene when he worked with Marbury again, and it was Marbury who led a group of people to disagree with him.

Zhuang Fei naturally knows about some of the Timberwolves' recent internal affairs, which is why he invited the Timberwolves players to come to his home. Even this time, Zhuang Fei will have to face his players and say where he goes.

This time at the dinner at Zhuang Fei's house, this matter that had been deliberately avoided by Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves players was finally pierced.

"Coach, are you really ready to leave?"

Garnett looked at Zhuang Fei with burning eyes, and at this time, the other Timberwolves players who were still eating hot pot with chopsticks also stopped, and then all stared at Zhuang Fei, looking at Garnett with a serious face and a group of eyes eager for answers, Zhuang Fei let out a long sigh and nodded.

This answer is not surprising to the Timberwolves players, in fact, they didn't dare to touch this question before, and they didn't dare to break this layer of window paper, because they already knew in their hearts this answer they were unwilling to accept, although they knew that it must be this answer, but the Timberwolves players still felt a little lost when they saw Zhuang Fei admit it in person. The eyes of the players also became a little dim, for everyone present, Zhuang Fei was not an ordinary coach to them. …,

"Coach, is it because of me, is it because of my damn contract" Garnett stared at Zhuang Fei with a little red eyes at this time, Zhuang Fei obviously saw the angry expression of the Timberwolves' leader. Zhuang Fei knew that this expression was his self-blame for himself, in his heart, maybe he wasn't so stupid to sign that idiot contract, then the coach wouldn't leave, even the previous Marbury, they wouldn't leave, the NBA contract can't be changed if signed, the head coach has now done everything he can do, if he stays in the Timberwolves, it is estimated that the coach will watch the players he has worked so hard to train leave one by one. This is unbearable for any coach, so even if the Timberwolves players are lost, they do not have the slightest resentment towards Zhuang Fei, with such a team, such a boss and such a team boss, maybe the players who came to Zhuang Fei's house today will leave a lot in the future.

"Paul, you don't have to look at Kevin angrily, this matter has something to do with him, but it's not all for this reason" Zhuang Fei smiled and looked at Pierce who really looked at Garnett and said, Pierce does have the qualifications to look at Garnett, Pierce was also stunned after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, and then glared at Garnett fiercely again and calmed down a little.

"Actually, it is inevitable that I will leave, I have a disagreement with Mr. Glenn Taylor's philosophy, and it is that irreconcilable difference, Kevin's contract is just one aspect, besides, I have always thought that Kevin's contract is no problem, he is worth the price, and I am really pleased that Paul can give up the new contract extension for the team, Paul is the eternal pride of the Timberwolves and Minnesota" When Zhuang Fei finished speaking, he smiled and looked back at the Timberwolves players around him, Garnett gritted his teeth and was silent, Pierce was a little excited and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, and the other Timberwolves players also bowed their heads silently.

"Coach, I really" Garnett looked at Zhuang Fei and was stopped by Zhuang Fei just as he wanted to speak.

"Kevin, you don't have to say anything, you forgot that you still owe me something?" Zhuang Fei said with a smile.

"Something you owe?" Garnett was stunned, and the other Timberwolves players were also very curious to look at Zhuang Fei and Garnett.

"Kevin, you still owe me a regular season MVP trophy. Didn't you tell me to be the first person in the league? So now you are still one regular season MVP, if you really do it this season, I don't think Paul and your teammates will have any criticism of your contract, do you say" Zhuang Fei smiled and glanced at the Timberwolves players, and then finally looked at Pierce, under Zhuang Fei's gentle gaze, Pierce finally nodded slowly, and Garnett also fell into deep thought.

This year's MVP trophy is even tougher than last year's. Garnett is currently only in third place, ahead of Carter and O'Neal.

"Coach, I will. I will win an MVP trophy for the team this year" Garnett nodded fiercely after thinking for a long time, and the other Timberwolves players were also relieved, but Pierce said a little viciously: "Don't forget what you said today" Facing Pierce's gaze, Garnett did not flinch this time but nodded again.

"That's right. We're still a collective, I'm still your coach, all of you are still a collective, and we're still the same as a qualified collective, so can you tell me what our goals are for this year? Zhuang Fei didn't care about Pierce and Garnett's small movements, but still smiled and said.

"Our goal is the championship" Although these players didn't quite understand why Zhuang Fei asked, they still returned to the beginning of this season and had already formulated the answer. When these Timberwolves players returned to the answer to this question, they didn't understand what Zhuang Fei meant just now, and they all made it clear. …,

They're aiming for the championship, and now what they're doing some time ago or isolating their teammates is keeping them away from the championship, and they're doing it without knowing it. Thinking of this, the Timberwolves players all had a hint of shame on their faces.

Zhuang Fei also nodded secretly in his heart at this time. The understanding of this group of Timberwolves players is absolutely not said.

"Coach, I will send you a championship trophy to see you off" At this time, Pierce suddenly stood up and shouted loudly to Zhuang Fei. , and at this moment, Nash beside Pierce also stood up.

"Me too, we must be champions this year" Nash's decision surprised Zhuang Fei a little, Nash is not the one who says such things. What moved Zhuang Fei very much was that after Pierce and Nash made their statements, other Timberwolves players also stood up one by one. This made Zhuang Lin and Scarlett on the side want to laugh a little, this group of Timberwolves players and coaches is really funny.

"Okay, I know everything, you don't have to swear anymore, you see that kid in Zhuang Lin is laughing at you, hurry up and eat hot pot." The meat is old."

Zhuang Fei finally said with a smile, the Timberwolves players were also a little embarrassed, and Xiao O'Neal also gently knocked on Zhuang Lin's little head next to him, but Zhuang Lin directly kicked Xiao Ao's stool open, and then Xiao Ao sat directly on the ground, and the audience burst into laughter for a while.

Seeing that the atmosphere had returned to normal, Zhuang Fei was also relieved in his heart.

After inviting the Timberwolves players to his home for dinner this time, Zhuang Fei can clearly feel that the atmosphere of the Timberwolves players in the team is harmonious again, and the Timberwolves are still a championship collective.

Being able to untie the knot between players can also make players no longer entangled in their own stay, which is also a happy event for Zhuang Fei, and there is more than one happy event, the team's substitute guard also felt that this defender was no longer pretending to train or coping with things when he was training, and even wanted to stay and practice like Nash and Garnett, and the dynasty system's evaluation of him also rose from 65 to 69 at the time of his draft in two days, It's clear that Reed is finally back to normal.

On December 28, the Timberwolves hosted the Raptors, before the start of this game, Zhuang Fei handed the team's championship ring last season to the hands of the Raptors Mobley in the cheers of the 20,000 players in the court, and Mobley also cried bitterly the moment he received the ring, although he played the best data of his career in the Raptors this season, but a series of defeats made the player who was used to winning in the Timberwolves a little tired, At this time, it is definitely a great comfort for him to receive a championship ring that represents the highest honor. At the very least, the player, who has been somewhat lost in the losing streak, has revisited the rhythm of his victory last season.

This game is also very important for Ginobili, in fact, Mobley has often fought with Ginobili last season, especially in the playoffs, it can be said that Mobley's departure is also part of the reason for Ginobili, of course, this season the Timberwolves' bench lineup is not very good, Ginobili has a lot of pressure, he needs to prove that he is better than Mobley, so this game is extremely hopeful for the two to separate a winner and loser.

Of course, Zhuang Fei can also detect some things, so in this game Zhuang Fei deliberately put Ginobili from the team's bench lineup, so that he and Mobley directly opposed, the duel between the two has also become the biggest highlight of this game, Timberwolves players and Raptors players have the intention to create opportunities for the two, although the theme of this game is Mobley vs Ginobili, but because of the strength of the Timberwolves, the game still lost suspense at the end of the third quarter, and the final score was 132-100, The Timberwolves won by 32 points at home, Mobley scored a game-high 33 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, the Timberwolves had 9 double-doubles, Ginobili had 24 points and 10 assists, and it was clear that Mobley won the stats but lost the game. …,

However, what made many people a little strange in this game was that Reed, the young guard of the Timberwolves, once again got 14 minutes of playing time, and most of the time was consecutive, and the guard actually scored 5 points in 2-of-5 in this game, which was the first time that the guard scored in the NBA. Many people are wondering if Zhuang Fei has already banned him? Is it ready to be activated again?

Now every press conference of the Timberwolves game is very lively, even if it is an ordinary game, there will be a large number of reporters, many of them are not interested in the game, they are interested in whether Zhuang Fei really leaves, or where Zhuang Fei's next home is.

At the press conference of this game, Zhuang Fei answered a few questions about the game, and then a reporter raised the question that everyone was concerned about, this time Zhuang Fei did not throw his sleeves and left, which also made the reporter on the scene a little surprised and a little expectant at the same time, is Coach Z ready to respond for the first time?

"It's the first time I've spoken, and it's the last time I've spoken," Zhuang Fei said after glancing lightly at the group of reporters.

"Now please shut up all the reporters who ask me if I want to leave, and whoever dares to ask me again will be banned in the future"

After Zhuang Fei said this, he left, leaving behind a group of stunned reporters.

Zhuang Fei actually said that he wanted to ban the media? Is this in the United States? Even the president did not dare to say that. rq