Chapter 439: Mr. One Hundred Percent
For an NBA team, many times the temperament of a team boss determines the temperament of the whole team, just like the Lakers in the past, their boss Ao Fat is a little lazy, so this team is sometimes lazy, it is extremely slow to heat up in the game, and it also likes to dig holes for itself and love to fill holes for itself.
The Lakers are just one example, and the league abounds like this, the most recent being the Cavaliers, who just acquired Penny Hardaway, two completely different teams when Marion was the boss and Hardaway when he was the boss. You know, the rest of the team hasn't changed at all.
For the Boston Celtics, it is now a little troublesome, the recent Boston Celtics are very boring, this is not just the state of not being excited enough, but the team's boss Maddie now looks a little lifeless, although the current Boston Celtics have always had Zhuang Fei Town, which is also the reason why the Celtics have not collapsed recently, although the Celtics are very boring recently, but still have not collapsed, although the boss of the team in the Boston Celtics does not have as much influence on the team as the Lakers or Cavaliers, but it also has a huge impact, The recent Boston Celtics have always had the feeling that they could collapse at any moment. This has a lot to do with Maddie's current state.
In this case, Zhuang Fei originally hoped that Maddie could solve his own problem, but in the end, he found that he was getting deeper and deeper.
"Tracy, the last five games. You're only averaging 17.5 points, 7.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game, which is your worst five games of the season," Zhuang Fei said with a smile as he looked at Maddie standing in front of him.
And Maddie also lowered his head again after hearing Zhuang Fei's words, recently he naturally knew that his performance was very bad, whether it was scoring, rebounding or assists or shooting percentage, all of them were declining in an all-round way, and when he was notified by the assistant coach to let him come to Zhuang Fei's office today, he was ready to be trained by Zhuang Fei, but from now on, his head coach's tone is quite kind. When thinking of this, Maddie recalled that Zhuang Fei's attitude towards himself this season was extremely gentle, which also made Maddie's heart feel a little more relieved.
"If it's a game, I think everybody has their ups and downs. I don't really care too much about that, Jermaine has been terrible in the last few games, but Stephen has been telling me lately. You are also a little absent-minded when you are training, and even many times you actually get distracted and throw the ball at him when passing."
"Tracy, you should understand that you are the most important player in this team, and the current situation of this team is not good, you have to adjust your state, and then throw away all those so-called foreign things" Zhuang Fei also sighed after speaking, Maddie is now in a situation of gains and losses, this small forward has been a data brush for the fish belly team since he entered the NBA, although he can be regarded as a high-profile hopeful. But it's incomparable, he's in the top five in the MVP rankings right now, and it's fair to say he's never experienced anything like this, and he's been able to perform extremely well when he's been praised by the outside world, especially when he's at the top of the MVP rankings. And as the rankings have dropped now, his performance is getting worse and worse. This is a player who is not mentally adjustable enough. So Zhuang Fei has always been relatively gentle towards him, for such players can not give them too much pressure or too much stimulation, many times Zhuang Fei still needs to coax him, which makes Zhuang Fei actually more depressed, whether it is in the former Wake Forest or the Timberwolves, whether it is Garnett. Duncan, Garnett Pierce, Nash and others don't need Zhuang Fei, which is a new challenge for Zhuang Fei. …,
"Coach, I know I'm too concerned about those things now, but every time I want to focus on the game or training, I can't always concentrate," Maddie said with some distress looking at Zhuang Fei.
Zhuang Fei looked at this high school player who entered the NBA and shook his head, the current Maddie is not the player who was called lazy and unmotivated in his previous life, on the contrary, this is a player with a lot of hard work and goals, this small forward has always taken defeating Carter as the biggest goal of his career, and now when this goal has not been achieved, he will naturally not give up his efforts, but this guy's character has made Zhuang Fei see the tragic Maddie in his previous life.
"Do you want to use that so-called Jordan-like card?" Zhuang Fei stared at Maddie for a while, thinking in his heart.
On the other hand, Maddie was uncomfortable watching Zhuang Fei staring at him like this, at this time he was not worthy of what the coach was thinking about, and Zhuang Fei's office was also a little silent at this time.
After a moment of silence, Maddie saw Zhuang Fei sigh and then shook his head, as if he had made a decision. This also made Maddie extremely curious. Just when Maddie guessed what the head coach was thinking, the Chinese spoke again.
"Tracy, from now on I will control your press, from today I will not let you attend any press conference, I will not let you buy any newspaper, I will isolate you from this world, I said before, you are the boss of this team, your emotions will always affect the mood of the team, and your own emotional regulation ability is very poor, which is extremely bad for the team, if one day I feel that you have been able to deal with the pressure around you very calmly I will lift the ban on you"
Maddie is a player who grew up in the United States since he was a child, for him Zhuang Fei's order and this sentence surprised him, for him Zhuang Fei is depriving him of a lot of rights, this kind of seemingly 'imprisoned' order is impossible in the NBA or even in the United States, but the boss of the Boston Celtics looked at Zhuang Fei's expression and his heart was also sudden.
Zhuang Fei's tone of voice just now was very harsh, and now Zhuang Fei's expression is ugly, this is the first time Maddie has seen Zhuang Fei treat him like this, in the past, Zhuang Fei was always extremely gentle, so at this time, although the small forward had an opinion in his heart, he still nodded fiercely after thinking about it.
"Coach, I believe in you" Finally, the Boston Celtics boss also seemed to have made a decision.
Looking at the back of Maddie's departure, Zhuang Fei also sighed again, just now he was almost about to use the so-called Jordan-like star card on this small forward. It's just that in the end, he still held back, at this time Zhuang Fei hoped more that Maddie could find his own way, and he had not yet reached the time when he was incorrigible.
"I hope you don't let me down" Finally, Zhuang Fei looked out the door and smiled slightly, and at this time he also picked up the newspaper he had just put down on his desk.
This is Zhuang Fei's favorite New York Times, and the content of this newspaper is all Zhuang Fei and the Celtics, the Grizzlies' recent record is very good, and the ranking in the East is very chaotic, but for all this, it has nothing to do with New York, and now New York has fallen to the thirteenth in the East in the rankings, the second-to-last in the league, it can be said that for New York, this team can now say goodbye to this season, and they can now compete with the Bulls for the top pick.
It is also because of the current situation in New York that New York media such as the New York Times have completely lost the mood and coverage of their home team's team, so these newspapers have also focused all their energy on Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics. For these media, they will take 'Black Zhuangfei' and 'Black Celtic' as their mission for the next half season. …,
So for the recent poor situation of the Boston Celtics, these people are also making predictions. Comments such as the Boston Celtics about to collapse and ultimately miss the top four in the East are endless, and even these people have begun to ridicule Zhuang Fei for the Boston Celtics not being able to complete the miracle of Phil Jackson's coaching of the East and West All-Stars last season, in the eyes of these people, the future of the East belongs to the Grizzlies and the Wizards, even if it will be New York later, and the Boston Celtics will continue to sink.
In fact, Zhuang Fei was a little dismissive of these remarks by the New York media, while many others agreed with this point of view, because Zhuang Fei and his Boston still need to be in the devil for a while in the next period of time.
On January 29, 2002, the Boston Celtics flew to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks, who are now in eighth place in the East.
It's just that the final score of this game caused an uproar in the United States, and it also caused an uproar among the more than 10,000 Milwaukee Bucks fans at home.
In this game, the Boston Celtics beat the Bucks 135-95, 40 points on the road, and Yao Ming scored 20 points on 8-of-8 shooting in the first half and 32 points on 12-of-12 shooting in the game. And the Boston Celtics also spent three quarters on this team.
Although the Boston Celtics used this game to tell everyone that their form is back. But the bucks on the other side are a bit tragic.
Zhuang Fei also believes that this team may have a big upheaval. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )