Chapter 644: The Cardinal

The cardinal wanted to see Zhuang Fei, which made Zhuang Fei extremely surprised, because this old man has not been in good health since he left the position of president of the Boston Celtics in 1999, so many times like Zhuang Fei they don't want to disturb this old man, especially if they don't want to talk about the recent situation of the Boston Celtics to this old man, even if Zhuang Fei knows that this old man must know, but even so, Zhuang Fei They also hope that this old man can recuperate with peace of mind.

Therefore, in such a situation, even Zhuang Fei and Cardinal have always been very good friends, the first legend in the history of the Boston Celtics has always valued Zhuang Fei, but Zhuang Fei rarely took the initiative to find him, but this time, before the finals, the legend of the Boston Celtics came directly to the door, and the Boston Celtics have always been very worried about the cardinal's current physical condition, so Zhuang Fei was also worried when he saw the team's deputy general manager Danny Anji come in, Obviously, he is also reluctant to take care of the cardinal, which is not a good thing for his condition, but for the old man who insists on talking to Zhuang Fei, in the end he is also very helpless. Although Zhuang Fei didn't hear any precautions from Danny Angie, Zhuang Fei could still feel the meaning of the deputy general manager of the Boston Celtics from Danny Angie's eyes, this time to meet the cardinal in cultivation is not to talk too much about this year's playoffs and finals, if this; The old man accidentally turned his back on his anger, and Zhuang Fei really became a sinner, so even if Danny Anji didn't tell Zhuang Fei, he knew very well what he needed to do, in this case, Zhuang Fei was a little helpless to leave his office and follow Danny Anji directly to the cardinal's recuperation villa.

In the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei is the chairman and general manager of the team and the head coach, it can be said that the Boston Celtics are the real number one person, there is really no one in the entire Celtics club who can make Zhuang Fei throw off the food in his hands and visit in person with just an order, it can be said that in the entire Boston Celtics club, although the cardinal has removed all his positions, but the authority of this old man is the absolute first, Zhuang Fei also did not have the slightest intention of challenging the authority of this old man, because Zhuang Fei also knew that four years ago, there was a head coach of the Boston Celtics with the same status as Zhuang Fei to challenge the position of cardinal, and finally left the Boston Celtics in disgrace.

Four years ago, the former NCAA second coach Pitino, who had just joined the Boston Celtics, had a direct conflict with the cardinals, for Pitino, the condition for him to leave the NCAA was the absolute control of the Boston Celtics, but four years ago, although the Boston Celtics gave Pitino the position of team president, team general manager and team head coach, but did not give Pitino the other two positions, the team's president position was seated by the cardinal, and the team's director of operations was sat by Karl, It can be said that these five positions are the real leaders of the Boston Celtics in various fields, it can be said that although the Boston Celtics are willing to believe in Pitino, but they do not fully believe in him, so in this case, the Boston Celtics have a kind of divide and conquer meaning, which means that although Pitino is hanging on the position of the team's chairman and general manager, the specific administrative affairs of the team are still managed by Cardinal and Carl, and Pitino only needs to take the Boston Celtics to win the game. This is actually a relatively good arrangement, although the cardinal is old, but this old man's vision and prestige, coupled with Carl's assistance, can be said to be able to help Pitino deal with daily administrative affairs, in this case since Pitino has already hung the name of chairman and general manager, it can be regarded as having face.

Usually at this time, many people will choose to acquiesce to the team's arrangement, after all, this is a good thing for either side, but in the end, to the surprise of the Boston Celtics, this Mr. Pitino directly asked the cardinal and the former owner of the Boston Celtics club, why does the team still have such positions as president and director of operations? With these two positions, which aspect should the team president and team general manager be in charge of? For Pitino, he is very skeptical of the sincerity of the Boston Celtics, because the contract says that he will handle the team administration and games with one hand, but in the end the team made such a play, and it is irrefutable that since a club has a chairman and general manager, how to look at the so-called president and operation manager are redundant, how many things can a basketball team need to have four leaders in administration? The Heat's four top leaders are followed by a long list of deputy general managers and vice presidents, and the place is completely like a bureaucracy.

In fact, for the Celtics, this is really a bureaucracy, and it is precisely because of such an intricate relationship that this team has not been too angry, but under this bureaucracy are the disciples of the cardinal, the old man, or former staff, in this case, even if Pitino is named the president and general manager of the team, it is almost impossible to really make his voice heard in this team. So the impatient former Celtics head coach directly questioned the cardinal in front of everyone, as a famous coach and authority in the NBA for decades, how could he stand such ridicule, and in the end, this stubborn old man also directly lost the position of president of the team and went home, after returning home, the old man was in a state of health that was getting worse and worse because of his panic, he had a heart attack, and Pitino's run was naturally getting more and more serious. This also made Pitino offend almost everyone at the Boston Celtics, whether it was the reformists led by Russell and Danny Angie or the conservatives led by Karl, almost all of them wanted to get rid of Pitino as soon as possible.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Pitino's idea for Zhuang Fei, this Boston Celtics bureaucratic atmosphere is too strong, and if he does not reform, he will definitely die, but this NCAA coach obviously has no experience in this struggle, thinking that it is enough to capture the thief and capture the king first, but he didn't expect to directly stab the hornet's nest, if Zhuang Fei didn't have McHale's many reminders, it is estimated that he would definitely make the same mistake as Pitino, so after Zhuang Fei came to the Boston Celtics, Although the Celtics wanted Zhuang Fei to take the position of president of the team together, in the end Zhuang Fei resigned, although this position was not directly snatched from the cardinal, but this position is very hateful, for the time being, Zhuang Fei does not want to challenge the authority of the cardinal, in fact, even the old people of the Celtics, such as Russell and Danny Angie, they also know that although the intricate network of relationships or bureaucracy of the team created because of the cardinal is really hurting the team, But they are also powerless, at least while the cardinal is still alive. Of course, this is not to say that this old man has really done anything to be sorry for the Boston Celtics, this is absolutely nothing, but this old man is too emotional, even if he knows that some things are bad, but he still can't be ruthless to himself, just like when they were drafted in 1998, it was clear that they had already selected Nowitzki. Before the draft, he promised each other that Nowitzki was selected by the Cardinal himself, but in the 1998 draft, Nowitzki was robbed by the Mavericks, which has always been a mystery within the Boston Celtics, which is also the fuse between Pitino and the Cardinals, and the Cardinals were angry with Pitino a year later, but from this season's regular season, the New York Knicks' trail was able to buy 3,000 tickets from the Boston Celtics' home court, Zhuang Fei knows, The leak of Nowitzki's affair in 1998 was definitely done by the cardinal's men, and it is more likely that it is also corruption**, for the cardinal, who has always been very witty and wise, he naturally found something, but in the end, the old man would rather be humiliated by Pitino, and finally even resigned than to punish those who fought with him before, but now he is a degenerate.

So for the legend of the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei is with a lot of respect and sympathy, this old man has a very legendary first half of his life, but also has a very tragic second half of his life, all of this is like the fate of the Boston Celtics, and this old man really represents the fate of the Boston Celtics, in this regard, he is everything to the Boston Celtics.

The cardinal's sanatorium is not in the Boston Celtics, so it is also a certain distance from the Boston Celtics Club, and for this old man, such an environment can better allow him to recuperate with peace of mind.

It's just that when Zhuang Fei Danny Anji entered the Cardinal's Villa, he saw a scene that made Zhuang Fei and Danny Anji stunned.

"Zhuang, Danny, you guys are here, sit down" Seeing Zhuang Fei and Danny Anji come in, the old man was very happy, while watching the old man watching the video of the Boston Celtics and Grizzlies game Zhuang Fei and Danny Anji were very worried, while Bill Russell on the other side was completely caught in a wry smile.

This old man is so cute, and Zhuang Fei, who finally saw this scene, also shook his head a little speechless in his heart. (To be continued.)

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