Chapter 258: To sweep the Lakers?
"The mood of coming to Los Angeles this time is really different from when I went to the away stadium in the past."
"Of course, this is the Western Conference Finals, and now we are here with a score of 2-0, according to the outside world, we have one foot in the door of the Finals, if we really make it to the Finals, it will be the first time in the history of our Timberwolves," D'Antoni said with a smile as he looked at Zhuang Fei who was standing by the window and staring out the window.
Sometimes D'Antoni really doesn't understand his character, saying that he has a strong personality? But sometimes there will always be some sentimentality, even melancholy without warning, this is a very complicated person, this is D'Antoni's evaluation of Zhuang Fei in his heart.
"Coach, here comes Mr. Jerry West"
Just when Zhuang Fei and D'Antoni were silently thinking about things, Zhuang Fei's door was pushed open by assistant coach Green, and behind Green was followed a very powerful middle-aged man, whose eyes lit up a little after seeing Zhuang Fei.
"Jerry West?" Zhuang Fei muttered in his heart and then looked out the door, seeing Jerry West smiling kindly at him. Zhuang Fei had contact with Jerry West before, it was in 1998, Zhuang Fei was preparing to leave the NCAA, and at that time the Lakers also asked Zhuang Fei's intentions, when Zhuang Fei proposed to Jerry West the team's right to sign and renew the contract, the general manager politely rejected Zhuang Fei, it can be said that in the previous Zhuang Fei's opinion, Jerry West must have an opinion on himself, after all, a fledgling young head coach dares to make such a request to a giant, it is unbelievable. However, judging from Jerry West's recent statements to the media, it is obvious that the general manager regrets that he regretted not being able to agree to Zhuang Fei's request, and now there are many general managers or bosses who regret it like Jerry West.
"Mr. Zhuang, you really surprised me" Zhuang Fei and Jerry West smiled at Zhuang Fei with a bitter face after sitting down, and said at this time, D'Anthony and Green had already left very interestingly, this was Zhuang Fei's private moment or secret moment.
"I thought you were going to be successful in the NBA, but I never thought you were going to be on top of that drastic way. Maybe we can't look at you from the perspective of an ordinary coach" Zhuang Fei didn't speak, just quietly looked at this old friend who had been a little distressed recently.
Now the Lakers are 2-0 ahead by the Timberwolves, except for Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, who was sarcastically defeated by Zhuang Fei. As the team's general manager, Jerry West has not escaped the criticism of the media, and is even considered by some to be the leader of the Lakers' complete defeat of the Timberwolves.
"Jerry's power-hungry mentality is heavy, and he always wants to take everything into his own hands. He's a great player, a great coach, a great general manager, he's the greatest person in the history of the Lakers, but maybe it's because of these honors that he has a jealous personality, he is no longer humble to accept some people or things he doesn't like, he always thinks that everything can be decided according to his own preferences, he doesn't like Phil Jackson, he wants to get Phil Jackson, but he shouldn't harm the interests of the Lakers for this goal. Maybe it was just an unintentional mistake on his part, but he did do something like this, and he could have cooperated with Phil Jackson, even if he really couldn't like the man from the bull, but he should have the same goal. That is to lead the Lakers back to the top, but unfortunately, in the end, what we see is not a cooperation that abandons stereotypes, but a life-and-death accusation between you and me, he is the general manager of the team, the helm. He needs to take full responsibility for this"
This is the headline on the front page of the Los Angeles Post today, Zhuang Fei was still reading it just now, although many people disdain the comments of the Los Angeles Post, after all, Jerry West's status is there, and his status among Lakers fans is there, they would rather let Phil Jackson carry the burden of the culprit, but no matter what, this year's Lakers' performance of driving high and going low coupled with the chaos of Lakers management has deeply pierced the nerves of Lakers fans. Jerry West needs to change, and he is also looking for ways to change, of course, in his opinion, the best way is naturally to go directly to the Timberwolves and invite that Chinese back. …,
Jerry West told Zhuang Fei a lot of things about the Lakers, and Zhuang Fei has been listening to it, rarely interjecting, of course he knows that Jerry West is here to dig into the corner, but he is unwilling to say it.
"Mr. Zhuang, I heard that you admire Kobe Bryant? It seems that we have the same opinion, Kobe Bryant is the proudest signing in my life" Jerry West still smiled and said to Zhuang Fei, his eyes were full of strong pride, at this time Kobe Bryant has grown into one of the best young outside lines in the league, it can be said that the Hornets are already regretting it, just like when the Bulls were able to select Jordan for the third place, the Lakers general manager is also in this mood now, Zhuang Fei read a lot of things from his eyes, if he really goes to the Lakers, he will definitely conflict with him, In a sense, the two have similar personalities, they are both extremely conceited about themselves, even if Jerry West gives him a lot of promises at this time, these promises will be useless after the honeymoon period, thinking of this, Zhuang Fei also made a decision.
"Yes, Bryant is great, this year's All-Star is very happy to coach such a good young man, if he can continue to develop like this, he will become the banner man of the Lakers, just like Mr. Jerry and Magic in the past" Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded.
"So is Mr. Zhuang interested in coaching with the Lakers?" Hearing Zhuang Fei's praise for Kobe, Jerry West's eyes lit up again.
"To be honest, the Timberwolves are not worthy of Mr. Zhuang, what kind of person is Glenn Taylor, I think Mr. Zhuang should understand very well, he will not invest in the team, not a penny, if the team can make money, he will still suck the blood of the team, he is not a person who does big things, and Minnesota is not a place to do big things, Mr. Zhuang is now one of the best head coaches in the league, you should think about it for your future, the Lakers are a good choice, here you can get everything you want"
Jerry West finally said the purpose of coming here today, and at this time, the Lakers general manager looked at Zhuang Fei with some nervousness. It's just that Zhuang Fei still didn't say anything, no surprise, no hesitation, not even a little reaction, very calm, which made it difficult for Jerry West to know what Zhuang Fei was thinking. The atmosphere at the scene was extremely cold for a while, and the long silence made Jerry West a little impatient. Just as Jerry West was about to speak again, Zhuang Fei finally spoke.
"Mr. Jerry. I'm glad to have your appreciation, and I personally think that Mr. Phil has done a good job with the Lakers, and even if I go to the Lakers, I may not be able to do better than him. I'm not a good head coach for the Lakers, and Mr. Phil is a better fit than me, Mr. Jerry. Maybe you're looking for the wrong person," Zhuang Fei sighed after speaking, while Jerry West fell silent again.
Zhuang Fei's attitude is very resolute and unwilling to go to the Lakers, no matter how good Jerry Weis's concession is, Zhuang Fei just doesn't plan to agree, just like many general managers in the league don't like Zhuang Fei and don't want to work with Zhuang Fei, Zhuang Fei also has general managers who don't want to work together, and Jerry West is one of them.
Jerry West's back when he left was very lonely, for this great general manager. There are things that are lost and never recovered. And Zhuang Fei also sighed, as if the whole world thought that he would leave the Timberwolves immediately, in fact, he personally did not want to leave, and no head coach would easily give up the lineup he had laid single-handedly.
"Zhuang, you're here to dig a corner again," D'Antoni walked in with a smile. In fact, he himself has been being poached, and now there is no one in the whole Timberwolves team who is not fragrant, which is also why some reporters and experts from the outside world believe that the Timberwolves have reached the verge of falling apart, Zhuang Fei has been putting an end to this kind of voice, just before traveling to Los Angeles, Zhuang Fei is still emphasizing to these players that no matter what happens in the future, they only need to think about this season. …,
"Huh. Yes, shouldn't we consider sweeping the Lakers in return," Zhuang Fei said with a smile, while D'Antoni shook his head with a wry smile after being stunned.
"You guy, how can this be done"
To sweep the Lakers, Zhuang Fei really has this idea, but it is really difficult to do, for the current Lakers they have a lot of problems, Phil Jackson has only been here for a year, he has built the framework of the Lakers, but there are still many details to be pruned under this big framework, for Zhuang Fei This is actually an opportunity, which is also the reason why Zhuang Fei led the Timberwolves to win consecutive games in the first two games, but it is really unrealistic to really want to sweep a strong man like the Lakers, Unless Zhuang Fei really finds the Lakers' life, and the Timberwolves must also have the ability to catch their life, just like the Jazz did in the previous two years.
This game is a life-and-death battle for the Lakers, and there were many media predictions before this game that Phil Jackson would accept Jerry West's opinion in this game, but there are also many people who think that Phil Jackson can still withstand the pressure, and when the game began Glen Rice re-entered the lineup, Fisher and Robert Holly returned to the bench, and the Lakers still changed the lineup. Phil Jackson finally succumbed to the outside opinion, and this game will be a return to the inside and outside combination of last season.
"This game can decide the final fate of the Lakers, victory, there is still a chance of survival, defeat, is all lost" Abdul-Jabbar stared at the Lakers soldiers on the court for a long time, especially the Lakers boss Shaq O'Neal watched for a long time, this game is a game in which the big shark completely awakens, and his individual play is more important than in the triangle offensive system in such a tactical system.
"Hopefully he can cause enough trouble for the Timberwolves," Abdul-Jabbar sighed as he finally looked away from O'Neal.
O'Neal feels that his heart is extraordinarily peaceful today, the team should have been anxious and angry when it came to this point, but in fact, in the end, he didn't have any such thoughts, he always felt that this should be, as if the team was bound to end up like this, this result seemed to have been decided before the start, and he and his teammates just went through the motions, O'Neal was not dissatisfied with his performance, and he was better than his previous performance in the two playoff games with the Timberwolves.
"Can I do better?"
O'Neal looked at the two Xiao Ao and Garnett opposite him who had been guarding himself and shook his head, these two people gave him a lot of pressure, and it was difficult for him to play explosively.
"Anyway, even if it's the end, I'm going to have a perfect ending"
When the game started, everyone in the stadium noticed that the big shark in the stadium was a little different. The center, who has always been criticized for being lazy, actually ran in this game.
"Is this O'Neal?" D'Antoni looked stupidly at the big shark on the court on the sidelines, this person actually followed Garnett and Nash when they blocked and dismantled just now, and gave Garnett a big attack when Garnett was a little caught off guard, it was obvious that even the Timberwolves players on the court were a little caught off guard by O'Neal's change. For a while, the Timberwolves' offense was a little chaotic, and the Lakers took the opening lead for the first time in these three games, and after a short period of confusion, the Timberwolves returned to normal.
"It seems that this game will be very interesting," Zhuang Fei also looked at the somewhat different O'Neill and thought with a smile, do you want to change your fate through a person's performance?
"O'Neal is very positive in this game, both on the offensive end and on the defensive end, it looks aggressive, Garnett and O'Neal Jr. are a little tired" ABC commentator Michaels said with some surprise, at this time O'Neal once again made all the Lakers fans in the audience crazy, this tall and strong center flew directly to dribble under the fast break after picking up the rebound in the backcourt, and his dribbling speed didn't look very slow, Originally, Pierce wanted to break the ball but was squeezed away by him directly with his body, and Pierce fell directly to the ground, O'Neal after passing the ball after half the court did not intend to pass the ball, and went directly to the Timberwolves' introverted kill, and at this time, Xiao Ao and Garnett were already looking at the big shark flying over like a big enemy, and they didn't know what to do for a while, and finally looked at O'Neal who was getting closer and closer, Xiao Ao couldn't help it, and stepped forward directly to block, but just took a few steps and was knocked down by O'Neal's sideways breakthrough, At this point, there was only one Garnett left in the basket. O'Neal seemed to completely ignore the Timberwolves in charge, and directly accelerated to the basket again.
In fact, O'Neal can indeed ignore Garnett and face Garnett one-on-one, Ao Fat directly slammed a one-handed slam, and Garnett was directly knocked out. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )