Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Messy Media

The Timberwolves entered the playoffs, which is not a big news, after all, they entered last year, but the Timberwolves entered the playoffs with the second place in the league this season, so it is no longer a small problem, you know, this season the Timberwolves have a record of 41 wins and 9 losses, and the winning rate is 82%, if you convert it to 82 games, then their record is 67 wins and 15 losses, how many teams can achieve more than 67 wins in a single season?

The Chicago Bulls now have the highest all-time record in the league with a 72-10 record from 1995 to 1996, followed by the Lakers from 1971 to 1972 and the Chicago Bulls from 1996 to 1997 with 69 wins and 13 losses, and the Philadelphia 76ers from 1967 to 1968 and the Boston Celtics from 1972 to 1973 in fourth place. And if the Timberwolves' record this season is converted to 82 games, then the Timberwolves can rank in the top 10 in league history.

Even if it is not converted to 82 games, as a rookie coach, how can he not be eye-catching as a rookie coach who can lead the team to a winning rate of more than 80% in his rookie season?

"I think Michael will regret his retirement now, God knows if Coach Z will break his record of 72 wins, everything is possible for Coach Z, he must have no problem with what others can't do, don't look at me like that, I'm Coach Z's number one fan, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have embarked on the path of coaching, of course, in my heart Coach Z is the best" led the Pacers to a 33-17 record this season, ranking third in the East. Former NBA legend Larry Bird made no secret of his respect for Zhuang Fei in an interview with the media.

"The Knicks never had any intention of restarting the Chinese, Van Gundy did a good job, we still entered the playoffs, we will let everyone see a different Knicks in the playoffs" Doran Jr. can be said to be one of the few people who is still pouring cold water on Zhuang Fei.

"We shouldn't just be looking at him now, we should also be looking at Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Szzambiak, these three have given the NBA too many surprises this season, but these three are undoubtedly the products of Coach Z, they have entered the NBA from the NCAA, and they are already on the road to dominating the NBA, will the NBA now enter Wake Forest time like the NCAA in previous years?" Another media colony in the NBA, Washington, is also paying attention to Zhuang Fei, and the Washington Post has made a special feature for Zhuang Fei.

"Tim Duncan entered the league last season and immediately made the league's first team as one of the best five players in the league, and this season, the other two leaders of Wake Forest, Carter and Szczebiak, have also come in and have not disappointed everyone, these two guys are really super players. Vince Carter's performance of averaging 27.5 points, 7.2 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game this season shocked everyone, and now no one says that he is Jordan's successor or Grant Hill's successor, he is himself now, he is one of the best guard swingmen in the league, of course, it will not be too controversial if one of them is removed, he is now the fifth player in league history to win the scoring title in his rookie season, let's see who the top four are, Joe Fox of the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1946-1947 season, this season is the first season in the NBA, so he is also the first scoring champion in the NBA, the second is McCann of the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1948-1949 season, which was exactly 50 years ago, the third is Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1959-1960 season, the fourth and closest one to the present, the Elvin Hayes of the San Diego Rockets, the 1968-1969 season, my God, the Lakers at that time were not called Los Angeles, and the Rockets were not Houston, it was an ancient era, and in modern times, no one could win the scoring title in their rookie season, Even the god-like Mike didn't do it, but now Carter has successfully completed it, and more importantly, he also led the Vancouver Grizzlies to the playoffs, it can be said that Vince Carter's rookie season is even better than what Tim Duncan did last year, compared with Vince Carter, Szczebiak is slightly inferior, averaging 22.4 points per game, shooting 41% from three-point range, and 48% from the field, such a performance is impossible to win the best rookie of the season, this player has now become the league's most terrifying shooting machine, Compared to Glen Rice, compared to Ray Allen, and compared to McMiller, he is not inferior to Sè, and the former NCAA No. 1 shè is already on the path of the NBA's No. 1 shè. ”

"Let's talk about Tim Duncan, the former boss of Wake Forest, under the crazy performance of Coach Z and Carter, this power forward seems to be somewhat forgotten by everyone, just like everyone only talks about the Timberwolves and forgets about the Spurs, Duncan has also been thrown into a corner like the Spurs this season, Duncan has completely become the number one man in the Spurs this season, and the Spurs have also become the league's regular season champion this season, And in the middle of the season, many people said that Malone or Duncan who deserves to win the regular season MVP, I think now there is a conclusion, because on April 20, the Spurs stepped on the Jazz to reach the top of the league, and this argument was completely shattered, there is no doubt that Tim Duncan will become the regular season MVP of this season, the former Wake Forest leader is the best player this season, 24 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, such data can fully deserve this honor, don't tell me that he is still young, The MVP is not based on age, and I can guarantee that the Washington Post's first vote will be Tim Duncan's. ”

"Everyone used to discuss Duncan and Carter who is the most important one in Wake Forest, and now it's okay, this opportunity has finally come, Tim Duncan's Spurs will meet Carter's Grizzlies in the playoffs, this will be the most direct collision between the two, I think now David Stern should be snickering, such a thing is really great, Stern will not doubt the influence of Carter and Duncan among American fans, the direct confrontation between the two will definitely not be lower than the NBA Finals in terms of ratings, It can even be compared to the NCAA finals. ”

"Let's look forward to this NBA playoffs, let's see who will be the first king in the post-Jordan era, let's see if the post-Jordan era will be the Wake Forest era."

Zhuang Fei is in the office of the Timberwolves, Stephen Green, D'Antoni, and McHale are all sitting together, all four are in a meeting, the team has finished the regular season, and the playoffs are played on May 8, the opponent of the Timberwolves is the seventh-ranked Kings, and now the Timberwolves have a day to rest, but now in the office, the atmosphere of these four people is a little dignified.

"The outside world has too much influence on our players" D'Antoni complained, the end of the season does not mean that the Timberwolves can train behind closed doors and then prepare for the playoffs, and the end of the season also means that the NBA's regular season awards are about to be announced, for the Timberwolves players who show Sè, they naturally care about these awards, such as Garnett and Pierce, who are now candidates for the regular season MVP, although the two know that this year's regular season MVP is either Duncan or Malone, The two of them must be no play, but even so, these two still can't rest assured, similar to the MVP award is the best rookie trophy, this trophy is more suspenseless than the MVP trophy, Carter has a chance to win the game, Carter is with 92 ability points to participate in the draft, and Szzambiak is also with 87 ability points to participate in the draft, in this year's rookies Carter, Szebiak, Pierce, these three are the strongest, Carter is crazy this year, Zhuang Fei didn't use the dynasty system to search for Carter's current ability, but now Carter definitely has an ability value of 94, and it is even very likely that he will break through to 95 and become an A+ level player like Duncan, in the face of such Carter, Pierce can't have any chance of winning, even so, Pierce is the second favorite, he can't let it go, which will inevitably distract them.

"There is no way to do this, now we can only try our best to relieve their pressure" Zhuang Fei shook his head with a wry smile, now he has issued a media ban, prohibiting any players from being interviewed, prohibiting any media interviews, for which Zhuang Fei was also sued by the league and fined 25,000 US dollars.

Now Zhuang Fei has a headache, and the young team is too vulnerable to external interference.