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Who was in the spotlight for the whole of America, or even the whole world, in the summer of 2004? Of course, in addition to the upcoming Athens Olympics, then the next thing is the performance time for Lakers head coach Zhuang Fei.

From the surprise departure of the Boston Celtics to join the Los Angeles Lakers, and then to the lightning speed to send O'Neal to the New York Knicks for free, and then to the draft of 5 forwards and guards that everyone could not express in words, it can be said that everything this Chinese did this summer was enough to make everyone's eyes on him, at least in the month before the start of the Olympics, Zhuang Fei is now swiping the screen in the media around the world.

"A choice that surprised everyone, we thought that he would use the No. 3 pick to trade up to pick Okafor or the No. 2 pick to choose one of Okafor or Howard, and in the end, Coach Z did not do this, not only did he not choose to trade up in order to be able to select Okafor and Howard, but directly did not consider choosing a center, which is a surprise to everyone, because now the Lakers have 9 players plus 5 rookies this year, there is no center in a total of 14 people, Now the Lakers only have one signing spot, and according to Coach Z's previous practice, he has never been in the habit of cutting players he selected, in this case, who will this spot be given to? There doesn't seem to be a great center player in the free market this year, so will he choose to trade?"

"Whether or not Coach Z chooses to trade, it's a very special time for the Lakers because right now this team is going through the first center-free period in the history of this team, in the history of the Lakers. Starting with McCann, we have the most legendary centers in the league, Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and even O'Neal, the Lakers are a team with a center tradition that is being changed. It's hard to guess what Coach Z wants to do, the only thing we can do now is to support any of his actions, because in the last ten years, he has proven that he is not a mediocre talent, whether it is in Wake Forest, the Timberwolves or the Celtics, he has managed to do everything he wants to do, we don't need to know what Coach Z wants to do now, just see it for ourselves next year, maybe for the Lakers. It's not clear whether it would be a wrong choice to bring in Coach Z this year, maybe it will be a history-changing choice, but I think he will give an answer sooner or later."

This was reported by the Los Angeles Post the day after Zhuang Fei's draft. It can be said that this media is completely suspicious and worried about Zhuang Fei's previous attitude. Trust and expectation, in fact, the things that Zhuang Fei did after coming to Los Angeles were indeed able to make them suspicious, starting with the O'Neal deal. This is the case in the current draft, but in the face of Zhuang Fei's previous achievements, these Los Angeles media naturally cannot deny it entirely, but can only struggle back and forth between doubt and trust in an extremely contradictory way, and in the end they can only choose to support, because no matter what decision Zhuang Fei makes, they all know that they can support it, because after Zhuang Fei took office, Old Bass said that this team is not Zhuang Fei's equity, everything else is Zhuang Fei's, in this case, No one can give this Chinese any bit of intervention.

"Coach Zhuang did not select the Haseungjin player, which is a big mistake, the Haseungjin player proved that he can replace O'Neal's role in the Lakers in the Republic of Korea, he is the last piece of the puzzle for the Los Angeles Lakers, but Coach Zhuang missed it, the Haseungjin player said that he would not enter the NBA if he couldn't play under Coach Zhuang, and now the Warriors are doing their best to keep the Haseungjin player, and are even willing to let the Haseungjin player become the core player of the Warriors" This is the entire report of South Korea's Chosun Ilbo on this year's draft, Although Bangziguo's report on the draft is still Hesheng Town, there is no doubt that this country, which has always regarded Zhuang Fei as their own person, has great resentment towards Zhuang Fei not selecting Hesheng Town.

"Will this year be the fall of a generation of legends, and Coach Z may no longer be magical?" This was the headline on the front page of the British Daily Telegraph, and after Zhuang Fei's draft, the media directly predicted Zhuang Fei's failure the following year.

"Zhuang Fei has encountered a center crisis, and next year will be very important to him" Even the People's Daily, which has always supported Zhuang Fei, is full of worries about Zhuang Fei at this time.

In fact, for any media that supports Zhuang Fei, this time is extremely worrying, in the history of the NBA, there has never been a team without a center, from the date of the invention of the sport of basketball, five positions such a rule, basically all teams are five positions of players, in amateur basketball or freestyle basketball may not need to care too much about the sense of position, after all, such basketball is very casual, but in professional basketball games or professional basketball games, how can there be teams without a center, And the NBA has been dominated by the center era before, until the appearance of black and white, the center rule is over, but even in the black and white era, the Lakers don't have Abdul-Jabbar to assist the Magic, and the Celtics also have the Sheikh Parish to assist Bird? After all, from the day of the birth of the sport of basketball, the center is the most important position, and now this position is directly abandoned by the current world basketball No. 1 head coach, which can cause great shock both in the fan circle and in the professional circle, fans like to listen to all kinds of slightly expert words, experts tell them that the team without a center in history has never won a championship, and the team without a center in history has never entered the playoffs, of course, for basketball professionals, Zhuang Fei's prestige is the top in the NCAA circle, in the international basketball circle or in the NBA circle, after all, Zhuang Fei is the only coach in the world who has won the Olympics, NCAA and NBA championships, and his action is likely to cause a basketball position revolution, and in fact, in the past few years, Zhuang Fei has caused a position revolution in basketball around the world when he tried to use small forwards to play the pseudo-No. 4 and pseudo-No. 5 positions. It's just that this time it kind of erupted en masse.

"Allow us to retract what we said yesterday, yesterday we said that Coach Z could make it to the Finals, that we could beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals and lift the third championship in the history of the New York Knicks, now. Now I find that this is impossible, let alone the Finals, I think the Lakers' goal this year should be to make the playoffs, they don't have the strength to enter the Finals at all, even if they do make the playoffs, I believe they will die miserably, look at the roster of those teams in the West. Duncan of the Spurs, Wang Zhizhi of the Timberwolves, Gasol of the Trail Blazers, and even Camby of the Rockets are enough to keep the Lakers busy for a while, how many points will these centers score against the Lakers? 30？ 40？ Or 50? Or higher, really exciting Lakers, I swear, I've never looked forward to a team that has always been an enemy, in the past. I just have such big expectations for the New York Knicks, and now I have the same expectations for the Lakers as I do for the New York Knicks."

"Yesterday, I was expecting the Lakers to make it to the Finals, and then I wanted to see if they could pose a threat to us, and I wanted to see Webb. Will Hill and Hardaway be able to play in 82 games this season combined, and now, what I'm looking forward to is what Coach Z's win percentage will be this season? 20 wins? 30 wins? Or 40 wins? Anyway, his record of winning more than 80% every year since he entered the NBA is about to be obsolete. Perhaps now the old Bass is already regretting choosing that Chinese, that Chinese is a madman, and he is now using the Lakers as his testing ground. Everyone knows that he is a madman, as a madman, when he succeeds, everyone will think that he is a genius, and the reality is unpredictable is that he has been successful in the past ten years, so people forget the fact that he is a madman, in fact, in 1995 he was a madman on the same level as Nelson Pat Riley, and now, this guy who once again exposed his essence is ready to jump off the cliff with the Los Angeles Lakers, which is really sympathetic to the current Lakers fans, They are actually innocent."

In the past week, regardless of whether others admit it or not, these days belong to Zhuang Hei's carnival, and as Zhuang Hei's mainstream media, the New York Times is even more so, if there is no article questioning Zhuang Fei or scolding Zhuang Fei, the New York Times is uncomfortable, and now they have almost all the materials they want, and these materials are still provided to them by Zhuang Fei, which also makes this international newspaper Zhuang Fei's special newspaper, of course, Zhuang Fei is definitely the target of attack on this topic

Pressure, this is the first time Zhuang Fei has felt the pressure he is facing after coming to the Lakers, this pressure comes from all aspects, the outside media, Lakers fans, or the Lakers' management, in fact, Zhuang Fei returned to Los Angeles after the draft was called by the Lakers' owner Old Bass to his home to be a guest, of course, this cannot be a very simple guest, although Old Bass has always trusted Zhuang Fei during the banquet, but it is inevitable to worry about the team, after all, who is not worried about this kind of thing, a team has no center, The real power forward is only Webber, and the point guard with starting strength is only rookie Paul, and the Mo Williams who got it from the Bobcats is clearly a useless scrap, in this case, such a team is playing a fart, although the old Buss is older, but he is also a professional, it does not mean that he does not have his own basketball opinions, you must know that he was not just the owner of the Lakers, and in the face of Zhuang Fei's practices, he is extremely incomprehensible, So I also want Zhuang Fei to talk about some of his plans, but what makes Old Bass a little disappointed is that Zhuang Fei did not explain his plan to him, in fact, Zhuang Fei also knows that in the face of this old man, it is useless to explain, Old Bass does not want Zhuang Fei's tactical literacy, but Zhuang Fei's results, as long as Zhuang Fei can win every game, even if he is a team of all organizational defenders, it is estimated that no one will have a thing about his approach, everything is so realistic in the United States, in fact, it is like this in Western countries, No matter how much you say, it's useless, Zhuang Fei is very clear about this, he just needs to know what he's doing now.

July 1, 2004, Los Angeles, Lakers head coach's office, at this time the new head coach of the Lakers Zhuang Feizhen was answering the phone, and it seemed that the Chinese's expression was a little embarrassed, and when the Lakers head coach hung up the phone, his face was a little helpless, and the Lakers assistant coach on the side was also a little curious.

"Zhuang, who is calling here?" Xibodu looked at Zhuang Fei and asked with some curiosity, since this morning, when Zhuang Fei came to work, the phone in his office has been ringing non-stop, and the people who called before were not Lakers' basketball celebrities like Abdul-Jabbar and Magic, who came to ask Zhuang Fei why he played like this, it was some friends of Zhuang Fei in college who came to ask if Zhuang Fei had any new tactics, so to speak, this morning, the Lakers' trusted head coach spent this morning.

"It's Stephen, even this kid in China was shocked, it seems that my movement yesterday was indeed too big" Zhuang Fei also shook his head a little helplessly and said, and seeing Zhuang Fei like this, Xibodu also sighed in his heart, not to mention that the movement is too big, playing a team without a center in the center era, this is simply a big rebellion, if it weren't for Zhuang Fei to change to other coaches, he would have been sprayed to death by saliva, and now most of the people who spray Zhuang Fei are the media, and real professionals are waiting, and the same is true for Xibodu.

It's just that Zhuang Fei saw Xibodu's somewhat unnatural expression, and he didn't say anything else, just smiled slightly, and then ordered Xibodu to do other things.

"Tom, are the young men here?" Zhuang Fei looked at Xibodu and asked with a smile, the young man naturally refers to those newcomers to the Lakers.

"Well, I've already arrived just now, and Williams is also coming from Charlotte" Xibodu also adjusted his mood at this time and said, and after hearing Xibodu's words, Zhuang Fei also nodded.

"Let's witness a crazy season, a season that no one can imagine will start now"

It's just that at this time, looking at Zhuang Fei, who suddenly stood up from his seat and shouted such a sentence, Xibodu didn't know what to say again for a while, he didn't know where Zhuang Fei got so much confidence. At this time, Zhuang Fei also ignored Xibodu and walked straight to the door, and Xibodu also followed out when he saw Zhuang Fei.

"No matter how he wants to play, now he can only follow him, who made me sell myself to him?"

Looking at Zhuang Fei's back in a hurry, Xibodu also sighed behind his back, and finally followed.

"If you want to be crazy, let's go crazy together" (To be continued.) )