For Grussbeck, it is certain that Zhuang Fei was finally erected in the North Shore Garden, although it was only three years since he came to the Boston Celtics at this time, but now he has completely conquered the city, although in the past KC Jones has also led Larry Bird to win two championships, but everyone knows the difference, so in the first batch of 12 selected by the Boston City Government to represent the greatest figures in Boston sports history, there is no KC Jones, Maybe he'll be in the ranks as a different batch in the future, but for now, the task of representing Boston's sports history in the '80s is Larry Bird and McHale, two players under KC Jones, and of course, the other eight Celtics who were selected were Cardinals and Bob Cusibier Russell who represented Boston in the '60s, Havlicek who represented Boston in the '70s, and none of them were selected in the dark nineties of the Boston Celtics. As for the first few years of the new century, it was Zhuang Fei and Maddie who were selected.

It's just that for Zhuang Fei personally, Grosbeck's words are definitely a pressure, and in fact, being expected by others is also a very painful thing.

Of course, Zhuang Fei is now leading the Boston Celtics to defend the NBA championship again after 34 years, the expectations of all Boston or all Boston Celtics fans have reached an overwhelming level for him, and at this time Zhuang Fei naturally understands that today's championship game, almost the whole city is shouting his name, which almost makes him think that he is back in Minnesota or North Carolina, in fact, as far as the current Boston is concerned, Zhuang Fei's influence here has indeed reached that level. So in this case, the burden on Zhuang Fei's shoulders may be much heavier than before, after all, at this time, some fans of the Boston Celtics will still wonder if Zhuang Fei can create a miracle that surpasses 8 consecutive championships? Of course, this is not impossible for these people.

June 21. Zhuang Fei was partying with the fans all day, for Zhuang Fei, after the championship is his busiest time, the Boston Celtics are about to start a new journey, the 2004 NBA Draft will be held on June 29 at Madison Garden Plaza, for the Boston Celtics, although they do not need to be involved. At present, the current roster structure of this team is very good, as long as the existing players are retained, but this is also needed to be able to keep the existing players, and now the Boston Celtics have many players whose contracts are expiring, such as Yao Ming and Kirilenko, their contracts are about to expire next season, and it is time to renew their contracts.

And more importantly, in order to take care of the new Charlotte Bobcats, the league announced on February 1 this year that each team will only have eight protected spots. In addition to the players in the 8 protected lists, other players who are not in the protected area can be arbitrarily selected by the Bobcats, and the date of this selection is 3 days later on June 25, according to Jordan's urine, Zhuang Fei is sure. This guy must be focusing on the Boston Celtics, this guy is the same as the Raptors who like the people around Zhuang Fei, and more importantly, the Celtics are the most famous team in the league with the best player thickness. Maybe the Bobcats owner will pick all seven of the other seven non-protected players of the Boston Celtics, then Zhuang Fei will be tragic, which is not impossible.

So after the finals. Zhuang Fei and the Celtics are the real biggest challenge, because Jordan could directly wipe out the roster he has worked so hard to build for three years at any time.

In addition to Jordan and the Celtics' 8 protection players that make Zhuang Fei a little troublesome, in fact, there are some things that need to be dealt with are that several of their very injured disciples are now all staying in Boston, before that, Carter and Duncan have been staying in Boston because one helped the Celtics train in Boston, and after the sixth game of the finals between the Boston Celtics and the Lakers, the Lakers' three leaders, lost again in the finals this year, and Szczebiak, who was in a bad mood after the loss, did not return to Los Angeles with the Lakers. For him, the current environment of the Lakers will make him more uncomfortable, so he chose to be with his college teammates, plus another Spurs player Raga Bell who has just returned from vacation, and at this time Zhuang Fei's home has become a gathering place for almost all the players of the former Wake Forest dynasty.

You know, the other two players of the Wake Forest dynasty, James Posey, are also in Boston, and Green lives next door to Zhuang Fei, in this case, these guys will be happier, of course, what makes Zhuang Fei a little embarrassed is that this year's championship is indeed snatched from his disciples, Duncan and Ragabel not to mention, the Spurs and the Celtics did not play directly, and Carter and Szzczebiak were indeed directly defeated by Zhuang Fei, of course, although a little unbearable, But Zhuang Fei doesn't have too much guilt, after all, this is the NBA, and he won't keep his hand when he meets him or Carter or Duncan on the court, otherwise there is no way to explain Duncan's on-court outburst against the Timberwolves in 1999.

"Wally, what's going on with you?"

On June 22, 2004, Zhuang Fei got up a little late because he only came home in the early hours of last night, so today's breakfast for these former players in Wake Forest was prepared by Green's wife for these guys, but what surprised Zhuang Fei was that after he came to the living room, he saw Szczebiak looking at the newspaper with a sad face, while Carter, Duncan and Rajabel on the side were also a little silent, and the atmosphere was a little depressed.

"Coach, Phil Jackson is out of class" Before Szczebiak could speak, Carter on the side sighed and answered first, in fact, Carter and Duncan were really sympathetic to Szebiak, the Wake Forest Big Three were the most watched supernovas in the United States, of course, at that time, whether Wake Forest was an NCAA triple or a college student to defeat the Dream Team, it was enough to go down in history, in this case, the fame of these people was naturally top-notch, But since 1997 and 1998, when the three Wake Forest Big Three entered the league respectively, the performance of the three has been very different.

Duncan is already the regular season MVP, the finals MVP and the league's best defensive player and the best power forward or the best inside, Carter also won the championship, and even won the regular season MVP three times It can be said that he is the first person in the league now, these two people compared to the expectations of the world at that time, whether it was Carter or Duncan, they did not live up to these expectations, they completed their role creation well, but Szczebiak was too bumpy, His best years since coming to the NBA were with the Warriors, and now he can only win an All-Star MVP or a four-time All-Star three-point champion, which is really a big blow to him in college and Carter and Duncan.

This is also the reason why he is reluctant to leave the Warriors to go to the Lakers, he will never be able to compare with Carter Duncan when he goes to the Lakers, but now, after coming to the Lakers, he has not even been able to win the championship, and Phil Jackson, who has always admired him very much, is now out of class, what will happen to the future of the Lakers? Everyone will know that he, the Lakers' three-in-command, may have a rough time for a while.

And after getting Carter's answer, Zhuang Fei also looked at his disciple with some sympathy and shook his head, he is not the head coach of the Lakers, he has no way to solve these things, at this time all he can do is to give him some small comfort like other Wake Forest players, but after getting the news of Phil Jackson's resignation, Zhuang Fei also knows that the Lakers are probably going to change dramatically.

"Coach, I want to leave the Lakers"

Just when Zhuang Fei fell into contemplation, Szebiak suddenly spoke, and after finishing speaking, his eyes also lit up and looked at Zhuang Fei and said, at this time Zhuang Fei woke up from his contemplation and looked at his disciple, of course he knew what Szebiak wanted to express at this time, he hoped that Zhuang Fei could accept him, for him, at this time, maybe only in Zhuang Fei's team he could really play with peace of mind, people will always think of their starting point when they are desperate or painful.

"Well, I know, I'll figure it out" Looking at Szebiak Zhuang Fei with an expectant face, he nodded without too much hesitation

On June 22, 2004, at 11 o'clock in the morning, this was the second day after the Boston Celtics won the championship, and at this time, Zhuang Fei, Green, Thibodo, Danny Angie, Michael Carr, the decision-makers of the Celtics began to return to work, because at this time, the right to choose the Bobcats put too much pressure on the Celtics, so Zhuang Fei also gave up his vacation. In fact, the same is true for everyone else.

"Yao Ming, Maddie, James Posey, Jermaine O'Neal, Stephen Jackson, Dwyane Wade, these six must stay, the old Anderson is now retired, so don't think about it, Chris Anderson, Daniels, Mo Williams, these people can directly enter the non-protected list, so who should the remaining Haslem, Kirilenko, Prince, Barnes, and Korver give the last two spots?"

It's a difficult problem for the Celtics right now, and that difficulty is exacerbated by Jordan's words this morning.

"We are now looking at the 14 players of the Celtics with all our might, and each of them we want" Jordan's words almost directly shattered all the luck of the Celtics, and the most difficult for Zhuang Fei may be Prince, Kirilenko, and Haslem, and it is difficult to distinguish the role of these three in the Celtics.

And just when the five Celtic decision-makers were racking their brains, Zhuang Fei's office was pushed open at this time, Zhuang Fei and Danny Anji saw that it was the team's owner Grusebaker who ran in anxiously, and he shouted anxiously when he saw Zhuang Fei.

"Something big happened to the Celtics" (To be continued.) )