Chapter 277: Someone is leaving
If the Timberwolves came back from Indianapolis, the Timberwolves' 100,000 fans welcomed was just Minnesota's own business, then it would be a big mistake, in the United States, professional sports no matter how you play him, he is just an entertainment, since it is just an entertainment, everyone is just to be happy, few people will do such a crazy thing for such a small entertainment project, this is the United States, it is basketball, not Europe, not football, basketball in the United States is at best the third, When a city sends 100,000 people to welcome a basketball team, it's no longer just about basketball, it's a very big social thing, and the Minnesota incident has swept the whole United States and even the world almost as much as the news that they won the championship. Even the next day, in the Washington Post, the Timberwolves news appeared directly on the front page of the socio-political section.
"This may be a basketball victory, this is also a NBA victory, of course this is also a Chinese victory, no Chinese will make the United States so crazy as he is, you must know that in addition to the big party in Minnesota, there are tens of thousands of people in North Carolina on the night of the Timberwolves winning the championship, Coach Z has conquered twenty-five places in the United States, maybe now for Mr. Clinton he should be careful, maybe he is no longer the most popular person in the United States"
"Coach Z has made it to the top, this is the first time that a non-American head coach has won the NBA championship, this is a new era for the NBA, in fact, everyone has expected this result today, we all know that guy from China from Wake Forest will take away the highest honor in American professional basketball. But obviously all of our expectations and predictions are so pale when this actually happens, I don't know how to describe my mood right now, maybe we should ask more for Coach Z, why didn't he win all of his playoffs this season, damn Trail Blazers, you ruined Coach Z's perfect performance, but I think he'll have a chance. I swear."
As Zhuang Fei's royal media, USA Today has always been at the forefront of touting Zhuang Fei, and for USA Today, they have benefited greatly from being able to ride Zhuang Fei's car. Although they are a very influential national media in their own right, for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times. The Washington Post, the Associated Press and other newspapers do not have an advantage, or even a weakness, but because of Zhuang Fei, they have now almost become the first authoritative media in the national basketball news, this is not to say that Zhuang Fei is really powerful, but Zhuang Fei is too good at slapping his face, it can be said that there is no newspaper in the national media in the United States that has not been slapped in the face by Zhuang Fei, it is precisely because the United States today has always supported Zhuang Fei and has never been slapped in the face by Zhuang Fei, which is also why they can break through. Compared with USA Today, the New York Times is a teaching material, and they are now the number one 'funny' newspaper in the American basketball industry, although this does not affect the sales of the New York Times, and even stimulates their sales growth, but this positioning is definitely not what they want. They also want to be an authority, and there is no major newspaper in the United States that is in a position of grandstanding, and now the New York Times has also let itself fall because of such things, and they support the Trail Blazers in the front, they support the Lakers, and finally they support the Pacers. Now from the beginning, it seems that they are completely ruined, maybe this media has been discredited in the basketball world from now on, but even so, this newspaper still should not be in opposition to Zhuang Fei, maybe in their opinion, Zhuang Fei will fall sooner or later, and they are willing to wait until the day Zhuang Fei falls. Even if it was the time when Zhuang Fei was most proud, they were not willing to let Zhuang Fei be happy. …,
"Well, congratulations really to the Timberwolves for winning the championship, they have created a lot of upsets this year, they are not the best team in the NBA this year, there is no best player in the league in the championship team This is the only time in the last 10 years in the NBA, the champion of the three seasons from 1990 to 1993 is the Bulls, the Bulls' Jordan is the best player in the league, the champion of the 1993-1995 season is the Rockets, and the Rockets' Olajuwon is also the best player in the league, In the next three seasons from 1995 to 1998, Jordan returned to be the best player to lead the team to win the championship, even if the Spurs had Duncan last season, so what about the Timberwolves this year? Who? Is any of them the best player in the league? Don't tell me it's Kevin Garnett, he's a good player, that's all. ”
"It's fair to say that this year's Timberwolves are the weakest championship in the league in the last decade, and they don't deserve the championship trophy at all, and I don't know how they eliminated the Trail Blazers, Lakers and Pacers. But I want to say that this is definitely not their real strength, maybe it is really just luck as Coach Z said, okay, don't tell me that the Timberwolves are also No. 1 in the regular season, and last year's eighth in the regular season easily beat the so-called No. 1 in the regular season."
In the atmosphere of congratulatory praise for the Timberwolves in the United States, this article in the New York Times is particularly eye-catching, it can be said that this media from New York not only satirized the Timberwolves, satirized Zhuang Fei, but also degraded Pat Riley and the Heat by the way, although this report seems far-fetched but it is also approved by many people, such as the Associated Press, in fact, in yesterday's post-game press conference, the media separately pointed out that Garnett's performance was not convincing.
"We don't doubt the fairness of Garnett to get the final MVP, which is indeed fair, he is the best and most consistent player for the Timberwolves, and there is no problem with awarding this young center as the final Finals MVP, but, don't you think Garnett's performance is not so convincing, originally for us the final MVP of the playoffs should be for figures like Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon and Tim Duncan, but compared to these people, Garnett is obviously more than a step lower, He doesn't have the MVP of the finals that we remember."
In fact, just like Zhuang Fei said, Garnett has no problem getting the final MVP, Garnett's data is also god-like data after 2004, but in recent years, the media and fans and even experts have been raised by the performance of Jordan, Olajuwon and Duncan, for them you can't be like Duncan 40+20 or 30+20 per game, but at least there must be an average of 30 points, it is obvious that Garnett does not meet this requirement, These people don't look at whether you are comprehensive or not now, the current NBA environment and the future NBA environment are completely different.
Although there are some picky media, but for most of the media, these are not the mainstream, in fact, in addition to the United States set off a storm, the same is true in China, another continent, since the Timberwolves entered the finals, China's most authoritative program news network has taken out five minutes a day for a special report, you must know that a national leader may not have five minutes of time, it can be said that this is completely the treatment of the head of state, it is said that this is also the CCTV leadership was asked to do so, Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to do this, but after being swept by the news network like this, after Zhuang Fei and the Timberwolves won the championship, this force reached the extreme.
Compared with the United States and picks in China, it is 100% all touted, and Zhuang Fei was even touted by them as the best head coach in basketball history, and Wang Zhizhi became the actual 'first hero' of the Timberwolves to win the championship.
Compared with the hustle and bustle outside, in fact, Zhuang Fei is very calm now, because of the playoffs, he doesn't have much time to spend with his family, but now the team has a holiday, although the Timberwolves also played a city-wide game the next day after the team returned from Indianapolis, but for Zhuang Fei, this is really not hard and enjoyable, this time Zhuang Fei even let his family participate in the city-wide parade. …,
Zhuang Fei's parents who have been with Zhuang Fei are indeed very happy, but for the second elder, homesickness is still heartfelt, no matter how Zhuang Fei keeps the second elder, and finally returns to China on the fourth day after the Timberwolves win the championship, Zhuang Fei and Scarlett are very helpless for this kind of thing, Zhuang Fei can easily adapt to the United States, but for the second elder, the United States is like a big cage.
Although Zhuang Fei's parents and brother and sister-in-law both returned to China, Zhuang Lin stayed, and it was clear that Zhuang Fei's promise to send Zhuang Lin to university made them moved. For them, it is not bad to be able to let Zhuang Lin have a good environment to go to school and then enter the university, although they are a little reluctant to have their son, but they finally made this decision, and Zhuang Lin himself seems to want to stay here.
After cleaning up some of the lost mood, Zhuang Fei returned to the club, for the championship team to operate in the summer is too short, when the Timberwolves are still playing, some other teams that left the playoffs early have started the summer strategy, but for the current Timberwolves, there is no need for too many operations, as long as these people can be left. After all, the current Timberwolves lineup is already perfect, and even if it is not operated, it will be stronger next year. Now, after this year's championship baptism, Zhuang Fei does not think that the Timberwolves players will lose the goal of struggle, they will only be stronger than this year.
However, when Zhuang Fei came to the team, he received extremely bad news.
"He actually wanted to leave" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )