Paul Pierce came to Zhuang Fei's office with extremely mixed feelings, nervous, ashamed and a little frustrated, he knew that his recent performance was very bad, and he also knew that Zhuang Fei would find him sooner or later, he wanted to change the status quo, but in the end he found that he could not do anything, no matter how he wanted to get better, but in fact it was getting worse and worse.

He has also encountered underestimation in the past, such as after the Western Conference Finals last year, but the trough at that time was more about the incidents that he could solve, and now this time, he found that he had no way to solve it. So after Paul Pierce entered Zhuang Fei's office, he stayed there stupidly, not knowing how to face Zhuang Fei next.

"Paul, don't stand stupidly, sit down" Zhuang Fei still smiled and looked at Pierce, there was no strangeness on his face, Zhuang Fei's kindness made him feel even more guilty. But in the end, Pierce still sat down at Zhuang Fei's desk with his head bowed as Zhuang Fei instructed.

"Paul, are you feeling tired lately" Zhuang Fei propped his hands on the table, then looked at Pierce and asked with a smile.

"No, coach, I'm fine now, well, maybe I'm a little tired, but it doesn't matter" Pierce quickly shook his head, if he admits that he is tired in the NBA, then it means that he is adjusted to the bench by the team, the NBA's schedule is too dense, if you are tired, don't insist, otherwise you will be injured, so when facing this question, all players will have a unified answer: not tired. Pierce may have sensed something, so he didn't completely deny it.

"Paul, do you know, you've been in a bad state lately" Zhuang Fei saw Pierce like this and then sighed and continued: "I'm worried about you now" Zhuang Fei finished speaking, and Pierce lowered his head again.

"Can you tell me why this is happening? As you said, you're not physically fine, you're not tired, maybe you're not back to your best because of the Super Race All-Star Weekend, but it's not as bad as you are if Kevin is Steve, Paul. I need you to tell me what the hell is going on."

"It seems to me that this is not the Paul Pierce I know, and I wonder if you are having difficulties in life, like falling out of love?" Pierce has always been the most consistent player in the Timberwolves, and even better than Nash and Garnett in this regard, in the past two seasons of Zhuang Fei, Paul Pierce rarely encountered a downturn, whether it was physical or mental, he was always very good, but in the last two games Zhuang Fei did not see a little fighting spirit in Pierce, very lifeless. Although the Timberwolves suffered from All-Star Syndrome, it is clear that All-Star Syndrome is not a symptom like Pierce shows, which is a psychological hole in Pierce. So this is also the reason why Zhuang Fei asked Pierce to talk, and now the NBA regular season has entered the second half. That is, what others often call the sprint stage, in this stage of the game, the Timberwolves need to compete with the Lakers for the first place in the West, other Western powerhouses need to work hard for a better ranking, and ordinary strong teams other than the powerhouses need to work hard for playoff spots, plus now almost every team has run in place, so the next game is more difficult for any team in the league than the first half of the season. Pierce is the three most important points of the Timberwolves, although it may not be said to be irreplaceable, compared to Garnett and Nash, Pierce's tactical significance is smaller, but there is no thought that Pierce is an important weight for the Timberwolves to win the championship this season. Zhuang Fei would never allow Pierce to remain depressed like this.

Listening to Zhuang Fei's words, Pierce was gloomy again, his eyes were a little lost, and his face fell, and Pierce also fell into a silent struggle, and Zhuang Fei watched quietly from the side. After a long time, Pierce let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "Coach, can you tell me what kind of player I am?" I'm lost right now. I didn't know what my position was, and I suddenly found out that everyone in the league was better than me, and I always thought I was only worse than Carter. Now it seems that I am not worth mentioning at all, maybe for the Timberwolves, I am just a burden, and it was because of me last season, the team lost the championship," Pierce said in the end, getting more and more excited, and more and more gloomy, until he was almost crying when he finished speaking. …,

Pierce's reaction made Zhuang Fei stunned, he didn't expect Pierce to struggle because of such a thing, Pierce's start in the NBA was indeed smooth, because of Zhuang Fei, he played his value very early, and he also had the title of Jordan's successor very early, it can be said that all this made him complacent, and even competed with Garnett last season, although he has been pressed by Carter, but for Pierce, Carter is indeed stronger than him, this is all-round, offense, defense, physical talent, Even Carter is better than him in all aspects, and Pierce has seen that he is not as good as Carter, he is now enjoying the Timberwolves' second leader, and the status of the league's No. 2 guard star, but this time after going to the NBA All-Star, it made his mind have a huge impact, he made people play explosive again, this time it was not Carter, but the little-known Maddy, his powerlessness and frustration when he played against Maddie at the All-Star made him unforgettable to this day, And when he saw Kobe Bryant and Maddy's final super confrontation, Pierce completely fell from huge self-confidence to huge inferiority.

When a person loses confidence and has low self-esteem, he will be cranky, such as the current Pierce, he suddenly remembered that the Timberwolves would eventually fail last season because of his own reasons, so after thinking about it, Pierce's mentality quickly became unbalanced, and finally fell into a vicious circle.

"Paul, in my heart you are an irreplaceable player, for the Timberwolves you can't be replaced, you are one of the three important pieces of the puzzle for our team" Zhuang Fei said with a smile after thinking for a while, he tried his best to make his tone soft and convincing, Pierce was a little surprised after listening to Zhuang Fei's words.

"But I" was interrupted by Zhuang Fei just as Pierce was about to say something more.

"There's nothing to do, Paul, it's just an accident, now you are one of the best outside players in the league, you have to have such confidence, Maddy's performance is not normal, Kobe's performance is not normal, Paul, in my opinion you are not worse than them" Zhuang Fei's face became serious again, and Pierce was also stunned.

"Was it really just an accident?". Pierce muttered to himself with some incomprehension, maybe in his heart this was just Zhuang Fei's comforting words.

"Paul, do not doubt the truth of my words. I'm not a scout, but I don't have bad eyesight, and I'm not the kind of person who talks nonsense," Zhuang Fei still smiled, and Pierce nodded sneeringly. Zhuang Fei could see that this kid's mood was much better, and he didn't have the previous haze, but his face was still a little bad.

For young players, comparison with players of the same age is an eternal topic, no matter how beautiful Zhuang Fei said, he did lose in direct comparison. And he lost badly, so although Pierce is a little relieved now, he is still a little noncommittal.

"Coach, I'm not doing well right now. Especially in the last game against the Grizzlies, I was actually defended by the rookie called Artest, to be honest, coach, I hate myself like this" Pierce shook his head bitterly and said, and Zhuang Fei's heart was sour.

Pierce was the unluckiest of Zhuang Fei's disciples, not one of them. Zhuang Fei has always considered himself a lucky guy, so his team has always been lucky, in fact, it is true. But Pierce's luck seems to be the same as the incompatibility between the Timberwolves and Zhuang Fei, two years after coming to the Timberwolves, Pierce has many, many wonderful moments, but there are also many unlucky moments, being furious by Carter and suppressed by Garnett. was killed face-to-face by Elliott, and then finally entered the All-Star when he met Maddie who was transformed by the dynasty system, not to mention that Maddie was he Pierce, even if it was transformed by Zhuang Fei, the near-perfect Carter may be difficult to deal with. Let's talk about Artest in the last game, although Artest is only in his 20s now. It's still a rookie, but it's already quite good, and it's been in the top five on the rookie list this season. Now he is also the No. 3 man in the Grizzlies, and the most important thing is that his strongest ability is precisely his defense, and what is even more tragic is that he also happens to be one of the best players in the league to defend Pierce, not to mention the current Pierce who is in a trough, even if his morale is high, he may not easily play well under Artest's defense. …,

"Paul, you don't have to think like that at all, you're better than more than 95% of the players in the league," Zhuang Fei still smiled, but Pierce shook his head as if he didn't buy it.

"Coach, I want to be stronger, can you make me stronger?". Pierce looked at Zhuang Fei with bright eyes, his eyes full of longing. It can be seen that this series of setbacks during this period of time has hit him hard.

Want to get stronger? Zhuang Fei was stunned, in fact, for Zhuang Fei, Pierce's ability value has reached its peak, Pierce is an A-level player, and now his ability is 91, and he has reached A-level, although Zhuang Fei doesn't know what Pierce's upper limit is, but according to the experience of later generations, Pierce's ability is about 93 or so, maybe not 93, so it seems that it is indeed Pierce's peak now, and now if he improves his ability, he needs his own comprehension a lot of times, and Zhuang Fei can not do much.

Of course, just because Zhuang Fei can do not do much does not mean that he can't do anything at all, and Zhuang Fei can take this opportunity to change some of Pierce's playing habits.

"Paul, do you really want to get stronger?" Zhuang Fei asked again, seeing that Pierce nodded very firmly, Zhuang Fei continued: "Okay, from tomorrow onwards, you will try to go to the low position more and attack with your back" Zhuang Fei finally finished with a smile, and Pierce's face changed.

For many young players when they come with their backs to attack is too boring, they like that kind of face-to-face offense, which looks more handsome and makes them more excited, in fact, Pierce's back-to-back offense is very strong, but Pierce doesn't use it often, Zhuang Fei usually talks about him on this issue, but Pierce is always not very able to listen to it, for the Timberwolves, Zhuang Fei does not allow players to play more singles with the ball, but outside the tactical system, Nash, Pierce and Garnett have a certain degree of tactical freedomThey can play according to their preferences at a certain time, so for Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves, when Pierce performs singles more with more back-to-body techniques, then the effect will be better, and of course it will be more difficult to defend. This is Pierce's most powerful weapon. When he took up the weapon, no one in the Coalition could say to insult him again.

Zhuang Fei can't improve Pierce's ability, but he can change the way he plays. Pierce struggled a little, but finally nodded.

"Coach, I know what to do," Pierce said firmly.

"That's right, don't think too much" Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded.

Looking at the back of Pierce leaving, Zhuang Fei felt a little embarrassed in his heart, for these young players, Zhuang Fei should pay more attention to their usual changes, things like Pierce will never appear for the last time, if Zhuang Fei only manages a player because of the state shown on the dynasty system, then it is very likely that there will be a huge mistake, if this time it is not found in time to find Pierce's changes, then the consequences will be very serious.

Zhuang Fei sighed secretly, and then picked up the New York Times on the table and looked at it, the next game is to face New York at home, and now the Timberwolves are not in good shape, and these media in New York have begun to clamor for revenge.

"It's the best chance to beat the Timberwolves, New York is in good shape, Timberwolves are in a slump"

"Coach Z will fail, New York has always been the nemesis of the Timberwolves, the last loss was only because Patrick was recovering from injury, don't forget that we beat them last season and now it's 1-1 at most"

Just when Zhuang Fei was very happy to watch some 'happy' reports from the New York media, the team's general manager McHale pushed the door with an anxious face. He looked a little flustered and a little excited.

"Kevin, what's making you so anxious" Zhuang Fei put down the newspaper a little jokingly and said, McHale usually looks very calm, rarely like today.

"Zhuang, look at this offer, the offer sent by the Raptors" McHale didn't care about Zhuang Fei's teasing, but handed a fax to Zhuang Fei.

"A Raptors offer?" Zhuang Fei took the fax paper with a puzzled expression, and then looked at it.

Stunned.

The Raptors want to trade Maddy?! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )……，