Chapter 940: The strongest head coach in NBA history
"Sean, you're good defensively, I love your style of basketball, you're going to be one of the best defensive players in the NBA"
After the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Clippers away and swept the eighth team in the West, the players on both sides did not have that sense of tension after the game, after all, although the two teams are derby, but in addition to Sterling, in fact, the two teams do not have much friction, after all, the most basic friction of such a team needs to have an equal fan base, but it is obvious that this is extremely unequal, the fans can't quarrel, and the relationship between the players is not bad, in this case, Naturally, the two teams didn't have much gunpowder, even if the game was a bit intense.
Especially after this game, as a senior at Duke University, Grant Hill also gave his encouragement to Battier, who defended him in this series, and Brand, who was extremely embarrassed by him.
Of course, just like the friendly greetings between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Clippers players after the end of this series, in the cheers of the fans, Zhuang Fei and Clippers head coach Dunleavy on the sidelines are also old friends, and he was also the head coach of the Lakers, the former head coach of the Trail Blazers also advised Zhuang Fei not to go to the Trail Blazers when Zhuang Fei left the Timberwolves.
However, after this game, compared with the Clippers players on the court, who did not have many regrets and were just a little disappointed, the head coach of the Clippers had a much more complicated face in Zhuang Fei's opinion.
"Zhuang, every time I meet you in the playoffs, there is nothing good, the last time the Trail Blazers had civil strife, it was me who was swept out of the Blazers. I'm afraid I'll be swept away by the Clippers this time."
Look at this Chinese in front of you. Dunleavy was also a little helpless. For him, Zhuang Fei is one of the head coaches he respects very much, although his qualifications and grades are much more than Zhuang Fei, but as one of the famous coaches in the league, and he is a famous coach who has witnessed Zhuang Fei's growth, he, like many other famous coaches, has extremely complicated feelings for Zhuang Fei, and has hatred for Zhuang Fei. That's because Zhuang Fei blocked the Trailblazers out of the finals and championships at the most glorious time of the Trailblazers, and respected Zhuang Fei, that is because Zhuang Fei was almost thought by many people at that time that he must be swept away by the Trailblazers, and when he had lost control of the Trailblazers players, he still supported an opponent like him, and such an opponent is indeed worthy of respect.
But no matter what the Clippers' famous coach has for Zhuang Fei, at this time, the NBA coach is very unhappy with this guy who always knocks himself out of the playoffs and lays himself off and loses his job by the way. So he complained to Zhuang Fei a little bitterly, and this also made Zhuang Fei a little embarrassed.
These two times just laid off Dunleavy directly. Of course, Clippers owner Raheem Sterling hasn't fired him yet. However, it is estimated that it is only a matter of time, in addition to these two direct layoffs, there is also an indirect one, the old Dunleavy was laid off at the New York Knicks because of Zhuang Fei, although it is not a playoffs, but after losing to Zhuang Fei in the regular season, he was dismissed by Dowlan Jr.
So from this point of view, Zhuang Fei is indeed Dunleavy's bitter master, and there is basically no doubt about this.
"However, Zhuang, I really admire your ability to succeed in different places, which I don't have any qualifications to compare with you, or in the NBA, there is no head coach in the world who can compare with you, you are the best head coach in the world in this regard, and you deserve it, but I am still very jealous of your achievements" Finally, under Zhuang Fei's somewhat surprised eyes, the head coach of the Clippers still continued: "Although I am very jealous of your achievements, But this year I will still wish you and your team the championship, lose to you, I have no complaints, you are a great winner"
After saying these words, the old Dunleavy also took a deep look at Zhuang Fei, and then looked at the team's bench with some memorial, and then turned around and left the court, and at this time, the Lakers fans who were still crazy around did not notice the lonely and resolute back of such a Clippers coach, even the Clippers players themselves did not notice that their head coach had left.
"You are also a very good opponent" Looking at Dunleavy's disappearing back, Zhuang Fei muttered to himself, Dunleavy is not the strongest opponent he has encountered, nor is he the most potential or talented opponent he has encountered, nor is he the most impressive of all the opponents he has encountered, but Dunleavy is indeed worthy of respect, his values of victory and defeat are not something that ordinary coaches can have, this is a head coach worthy of the title of famous coach.
Old Dunleavy left the court, very lonely left the team he once ruled, just like he said, Zhuang Fei always made him unemployed, this time, after leaving the court, Zhuang Fei did not see the Clippers head coach at the post-game press conference, obviously, although he congratulated Zhuang Fei, although he was willing to cheer for Zhuang Fei's victory, but let him once again in front of Zhuang Fei, the winner, it is impossible to force a smile in the case of imminent unemployment. This is his coaching dignity, maybe for this dignity, he will lose a lot of things, such as money, he is not Zhuang Fei, the next day the league's fine will soon appear in front of him.
Of course, Dunleavy's absence at the post-match press conference did not have any impact on the course of the press conference, or that under Zhuang Fei's aura, even if he did, it is estimated that not many reporters would be interested in him. Even at this time, some reporters didn't find out if he was really there, and everyone's focus was on Zhuang Fei and the Lakers.
"Easy? No, it's not an easy series, we've caused a lot of problems in the last two games, they're a team with a lot of potential, Mr. Dunleavy has done a great job of tuning this team, maybe give them a little time, they can do a lot of interesting miracles, it's a team that's something to look forward to."
At the post-game press conference, Zhuang Fei did not agree with the Lakers' easy promotion to this round of the series, of course, for many reporters, it is not clear how these reporters will interpret Zhuang Fei's words. Basically, after this game, these people got a press conference and they were all guiding Zhuang Fei to the reverse of despising the Clippers and spraying Sterling, but it is clear that Zhuang Fei is not a rookie, and he has not been fooled much, and this time is naturally no exception.
"I don't care what people say, for me and my team, the only thing to do is to try to win every game, and now, we did, so we went to the second round, as for other things, it doesn't matter" Even at the end of the press conference, these people threw Sterling directly again Zhuang Fei did not have any gunpowder smell, which also made these reporters very helpless, Zhuang Fei knew very well that he was a second stunned person who was entangled with a second stunned person, He really didn't take Sterling seriously.
"Mr. Zhuang, this season's best coach award is coming out soon, and this year's best head coach will definitely be yours if nothing else, and then you will be the only person in NBA history to win the best coach of the regular season four times, will this make you think you are already the best coach in NBA history?"
In recent times, in addition to the hype that the Lakers are the strongest team in NBA history, another hot hype is whether Zhuang Fei is the strongest head coach in NBA history, after all, Zhuang Fei's winning rate is the highest among all head coaches in the NBA, and the team's results are beyond doubt, as for the most important transformation and construction of the team, Zhuang Fei is even a legend, and the only one who can compete with Zhuang Fei at this time is probably the cardinal, the godfather of the Celtics, but obviously, Just like who is the strongest Jordan or Chamberlain at this time, in terms of public opinion, these media are more inclined to Zhuang Fei than the cardinal, and even not long ago, the cardinal himself said that Zhuang Fei was stronger than him, which directly put Zhuang Fei on the cusp.
For the current Zhuang Fei, he didn't want to be given the strongest nickname at a young age, and he also knew that he still had some shortcomings.
"I'd be honored to be the first coach to win the best coach trophy four times, if that's true, but as for whether or not it's the best head coach in the NBA, I know very well that I'm not, I'm less than half as many championships as Reed, and I'm less than half as many wins as Mr. Wilkens, and I'm still a little bit better than Mr. Nelson in terms of tactical ability, so in my opinion they're better than me, but maybe I'll have another answer when you ask that question in 10 years' time."
After saying this, before these reporters on the scene could react, Zhuang Fei left the post-match press conference of the game directly, and when these reporters reacted, they could only watch Zhuang Fei leave.
After defeating the Clippers, the Lakers' sweep promotion also became the first team to advance to the second round, and in addition to the fastest one to advance, the Lakers are even the only team to sweep the first round of the playoffs this season, because the other seven matchups did not have a score of 3-0, that is to say, except for the Lakers and the Clippers, the matchups of other teams have all reached a stalemate, as for the supersonic and Raptors' matchup of the Lakers' next opponent, the current score is 2-2, and it is difficult for the two sides to distinguish between the winners and losers.
However, for the Lakers, although the next opponent has not yet come out, the recently rumored NBA Best Coach trophy is out, and Lakers head coach Zhuang Fei won this honor for the fourth time, becoming the first person in NBA history. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )