Chapter 609: We Are the Strong

"Coach Z is really slow to come today, won't he be more than half a sales late?"

"Who knows, but recently I heard that he has been scouting rookies, this year is the platinum generation, tsk, really envy the Boston Celtics, who would have thought, two years ago they were still a lotto team that was unlucky everywhere, but now they have thrown away all the bad luck on their bodies, the current Celtics are already very strong, if they use the Bulls' lottery to choose another strongman, this team will be terrible, or Coach Z is terrible, not only coaching is first-class, even the team operation is first-class, And his vision is not to mention"

On May 19, 2003, the Boston Celtics' press conference room was now full of reporters at the bottom of the press conference room, but at this time, these reporters were all chatting in groups, because today's protagonist Zhuang Fei did not appear here, the league's routine pre-game press conference looked a little chaotic, and some reporters who were obviously not Boston were particularly eye-catching, because these people basically excluded local reporters from Boston. It's not that they look down on Boston reporters, it's just that there are some things they don't have easy access to to Boston reporters!

"Otherwise, do you think the league will give him the trophy for the best general manager this year? Although I don't really like that guy, he did bring the biggest change to the Boston Celtics, reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for two years in a row, hehe, I think the New York crowd regrets it now" A reporter smiled and said that he was reluctant to skim the reporters from New York in the back row, it seems that he is quite gloating, in fact, in the matter of Zhuang Fei, the New York Knicks are indeed the laughing stock of the league, just like the Trail Blazers missed Jordan and the Clippers missed Carter.

"Yes, but they may not have stopped in the Eastern Conference Finals this year, they performed better than the Grizzlies in the regular season, and they also performed very well in the playoffs, the first two series were 4-1, but the Grizzlies played very hard" As soon as the reporter who was a little contemptuous of the New York media finished speaking, the colleague next to him also said with some emotion, obviously his attitude towards Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics was very mild. In fact, in the circle of journalists in the United States, Zhuang Fei has always been an extremely complicated figure for them, because this Chinese is too ****, this Chinese is too bad for them to face, and it can even be said that this Chinese almost does not regard them as respected uncrowned kings, so, in the United States, it should be said that except for a few media that have an excellent relationship with Zhuang Fei, most of the media do not like Zhuang Fei in the general direction, because in front of Zhuang Fei, usually these superior guys are completely inferior, of course, Even so, these people are inseparable from Zhuang Fei, so they have been enduring all this, for these people, they desperately hope that Zhuang Fei can fall, and it is best to be able to walk off the altar, so that they can find their dignity, but whether it is the Lakers or the King they picked up before, they were all made miserable by Zhuang Fei in the west, and now after Zhuang Fei came to the east, these people have not given up such behavior, It can be said that the Grizzlies' current one-sided ability to defeat the Boston Celtics is the public opinion they created, these reporters are not Zhuang Fei's direct opponents, but they can create enemies for Zhuang Fei, and each one is more fierce than the other.

"Hmph, I don't believe Carter can't clean them up, no matter how strong Coach Z is, they can't make up for the natural gap between Maddie and Carter, besides, Coach Z is not very lucky this year, maybe other teams can't restrain the Boston Celtics, but the Grizzlies are the nemesis of the Celtics, Ben Wallace is the nemesis of Yao Ming's No. 5 tactics, and Carter is Maddy's natural enemy, this team will stage the same tragedy as last season" Although refuted by colleagues, But the reporter, who was not very interested in Zhuang Fei, still said hatefully that this theory was not put forward by him, because the current public opinion is like this, and most basketball experts think so. It's just that just when his colleague was about to say something, there was a commotion at the press conference, and today's protagonist appeared.

Just when everyone saw that their eyes were focused on Zhuang Fei who came in from the outside, these reporters were surprised to see that there were Boston Celtics players next to Zhuang Fei, behind Zhuang Fei, the Boston Celtics player Maddie and the inner core Yao Ming followed Zhuang Fei, and at this time it was obvious that these two Boston Celtics players noticed the reporter's somewhat strange gaze, At this time, these two were also the first time to appear in the press conference with Zhuang Fei, and the young Celtics players also showed some nervousness on their faces.

Since Zhuang Fei came to the Boston Celtics, he has been issuing a media ban on Maddie, in addition to necessary interviews, directly ordering Maddie to refuse any form of press conferences and interviews, in this case, the Boston Celtics player has participated in this kind of large-scale press conference only a handful of times in the past two years, and Yao Ming is similar to Maddy, when Zhuang Fei used the media ban on Wang Zhizhi in the Timberwolves, it can be said that in terms of experience, These two stars who are considered to be the league's first-line players are not rich now, of course, the reason why they are nervous is more because it is the first time to follow Zhuang Fei to participate in such a press conference.

In fact, when Zhuang Fei came in, those reporters were a little distracted by Maddie and Yao Ming, but after a short period of focus and distraction, these people still knew very clearly who their target was today, and they also knew what their purpose was today, so when Zhuang Fei and they sat down, after asking a few polite questions in USA Today, these crazy media began to shoot at Zhuang Fei.

"Mr. Zhuang, now you haven't encountered such a situation for more than a year, and your next opponent is the Grizzlies, they are the team that beat you last season, will you be a little unaccustomed to it now, will you be nervous, just like the two players next to you" Almost after Zhuang Fei answered the question of the American reporter today, a reporter in the back row immediately stood up, and before the press officer signaled him to ask a question, the reporter directly threw out a series of questions, and surprisingly, Almost all the reporters at the scene were not surprised by this extremely impolite scene, and Zhuang Fei sitting on the stage was the same, obviously, these people seemed to be used to such a situation.

In fact, this question is an obvious provocation, and now Maddie and Yao Ming's expressions when they enter the press conference are not very good-looking because of nervousness, and at this time, it was also said by this reporter that he was afraid of the grizzly bear, and the reporters who could ask such a question in front of Zhuang Fei were basically no one else except reporters from New York, and this time period did belong to the New York media.

So Zhuang Fei just glanced at the provocative reporter and just squinted and smiled. The relationship between Zhuang Fei and the New York media is not a secret, so basically if the New York media raise their hands to ask questions seriously, it is impossible for the press officer on the scene to give them the opportunity to ask questions, so the only opportunity for the New York media to ask questions is to rely on themselves, and the time when the American reporters today end their questions is the best time to ask questions, after all, at this time, most of the media that are afraid of face will wait for the press officer to announce the official start of the press conference before they raise their hands to ask questions. The New York media has no such scruples at all.

"Nervous? I don't think so, I think they're shaking with excitement right now, and I'm in the same mood as them now, it's just that they need to show their emotions unabashedly as players, and as a coach, I need to hide these emotions, so, I think you should be wrong" Zhuang Fei confidently glanced at his two disciples and then said to the group of reporters below, bringing Maddie and Yao Ming to the regular press conference of the series today was not his brain fever, but his decision after careful consideration, If Maddie was unable to deal with the relationship between the media and his own strength in the past, then Maddie is now able to do this, after all, his ability has reached 96, and his current vision is not comparable to before, at this time Zhuang Fei is ready to relieve him, as for Yao Ming, the current Yao Ming is already a rare mature player in the Boston Celtics, and his psychological quality is much better than Wang Zhizhi, so it is naturally not suitable to lock him up anymore at this time. You must know that Yao Ming's agent has been complaining to Zhuang Fei that Yao Ming's exposure is too low, and recently the Celtics' big man is competing with the big man of the Timberwolves in the domestic market, because of the recent decline in the Timberwolves' performance and the rise of the Boston Celtics, Wang Zhizhi, who was completely dominant, is now slowly being eaten away by Yao Ming.

"What do you mean, do you think it's a good choice to meet the Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals," the New York reporter then asked again as Zhuang Fei finished arguing.

"That's right, this is the best choice, last year, the grizzly bear made us have a nightmare, let us remember a lot of things, and this year we will return it, I think they will remember this year far away in the future" Zhuang Fei still kept smiling at this time, without the slightest anger, but when he finished saying this, not only the New York reporter was a little surprised and didn't know what to say, even other reporters looked at Zhuang Fei with a surprised face, because obviously, What Zhuang Fei means by this sentence is that he can eliminate the Grizzlies, which is almost the same thing as a war book, if Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics fail in this round of the series, then Zhuang Fei's face will not be able to pass.

"Mr. Zhuang, do you think you can take revenge? You must know that the outside world is not optimistic about you" Just after these reporters were stunned for a while, another reporter from the Washington Post also stood up and asked first, and at this time, the New York reporter was still stunned.

"Of course" Zhuang Fei still smiled and nodded, and then continued: "We will beat the Grizzlies, as for the public opinion of the outside world, those are all what you said, not my players or myself, those things can't affect me at all, I know very well the strength comparison between us and the Grizzlies, the current Boston Celtics already have the strength to not lose to the Grizzlies, so we can beat them"

"You say your players have the quality to play against the Grizzlies, are you talking about Maddie? He's been doing well this season, but in our eyes he's not a match for Carter."

Just after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, the Washington Post reporter also asked again, he didn't bring too much personal emotion, it was obvious that the media from the capital was just talking about things, but after the reporter finished speaking, Zhuang Fei was still a little nervous just now Maddie was a little angry on his face at this time, for him, his cousin is his target to catch up, and it is also his reverse scale, this player who is now very calm every time he is compared to his cousin by others, he will still be extremely uncalm, And this is also a big reason why Zhuang Fei banned Maddie from the media, because if he didn't do this, the Boston Celtics star would be entangled in fighting with the media every day, but now Maddie, who has indeed matured a lot, will soon be able to control his emotions in a short period of anger, which is also what Zhuang Fei on the side is very satisfied, which is something he wants to see.

"Yes, you're right, Tracy is indeed able to compete with Vince, they are now on the same plane, I think Vince will be surprised by Tracy's growth" Zhuang Fei just said lightly and let the scene fall again, even Maddie himself didn't believe that his coach actually put him and Carter together, so after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, the expression on the face of the Boston Celtics leading player was extremely rich. At this time, Zhuang Fei looked at the expressions of these people, but the corners of his mouth smiled again.

Today's pre-game press conference is a regular press conference of the league, and the recent public opinion of the outside world has been very unfavorable to the Boston Celtics, although Zhuang Fei has always said that he does not care, but Zhuang Fei does not care does not mean that the Boston Celtics players do not care.

Because such public opinion has been giving everyone a hint, that is, the Boston Celtics are a weakling, and the Grizzlies are a strong one, and the Boston Celtics are the weak and challenging the strong, which is a very subtle thing, which can make people's hearts change, especially Maddie and Yao Ming, who are particularly important to this victory.

And Zhuang Fei doesn't want to put the team in the position of the underdog, what he needs to tell the world now is that the current Boston Celtics are already a strong man, a strong man who can beat any team, and the Boston Celtics players are the same, this is a psychological hint, this is a psychological hint to the Boston Keventics players and Grizzlies players. (To be continued.)

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