Chapter 391: The God of the Target Center
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"Wow, it's out, it's out, Mr. Zhuang is out"
November 16, 2001, Minnesota Target Center
When Zhuang Fei came out of the locker room with the Timberwolves players, there was a huge commotion in the stands around the scene, and even a Timberwolves fan closest to the passage in the stands on both sides of the away passage jumped down from the stands when he saw Zhuang Fei walking past him, and then directly caught Zhuang Fei hugged one and then crawled to the stands again with the help of his companions. But in the end, seeing that this fan left very rationally, Zhuang Fei was also relieved. {}
When Zhuang Fei stood on the sidelines of the target center again, at this time he really felt the heat of the scene, almost as soon as Zhuang Fei appeared, the whole court was shouting Zhuang Fei's name, and all the Timberwolves fans in the audience were standing, this kind of shocking sideline has never even appeared in the NBA.
"Even if he leaves, he's still the king here," Michaels, the commentator of ABC on the sidelines, said with some emotion after seeing this scene, and McHale, the general manager of the Timberwolves next to him, also smiled and nodded. The general manager who had been 'bullied' by Zhuang Fei before did not have any objection to this statement, in Minnesota, no one has as much influence as this Chinese, at this time McHale looked at the Chinese on the bench of the away team and sighed a little complicated.
Zhuang Fei is now the head coach of the away team, and the fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves have now chosen to ignore this objective fact, and even in this game, these fans gave him the highest courtesy, Zhuang Fei left too many happy memories for these fans, and these memories may accompany these people for a lifetime.
The start of this game is a little different from some previous NBA regular season games, and the Timberwolves started with a ceremony for Zhuang Fei. The ceremony at which last season's NBA championship ring was awarded. NBA championship rings are awarded in the first game of the new season, and Zhuang Fei has been staying with the Timberwolves because he left the Timberwolves in the new season. []
Today, in order to award Zhuang Fei with a championship ring, Glenn Taylor, the big owner of the Timberwolves team, also appeared in person at the target center, in fact, since the news broke that he did not renew his contract with Zhuang Fei, the owner of the Timberwolves has been having a bad time. In the past, when Zhuang Fei was there, the owner has always been respected by Timberwolves fans, so the owner is also very happy to come to the team to watch the game, but after Zhuang Fei left, whenever the owner came to the scene to watch the game, he was always greeted with boos. So the boss has rarely come to watch the game this season, but this time he still showed up.
"Mr. Zhuang, thank you for your dedication to the Timberwolves for three years, you are the greatest head coach of this team"
When Glenn Taylor sent the ring box to Zhuang Fei, the owner's heart was very complicated, and he was sincere in his gratitude to Zhuang Fei, this Chinese brought everything to this team, and he did not shy away from saying that the reason why the Timberwolves have such a status today is basically brought by this Chinese, but the same. This Chinese also gave him a lot of 'pain', and McHale was always considered the NBA's most cowardly general manager during Zhuang Fei's tenure, and he was the NBA's most cowardly boss. It's just that after leaving Zhuang Fei now, the boss's mood is not relaxed at all. If he was given a chance, he would still hope that he could continue in the shadow of Zhuang Fei, and he didn't want Zhuang Fei to leave this team, but in the end, he knew that it was impossible.
"Thank you. Mr. Glenn "Zhuang Fei smiled and said to the Timberwolves owner when he took the championship ring, if he used to have a bad feeling for this boss, then now these bad feelings are basically gone, everyone in the NBA has the right to choose, and they also need to pay the consequences of their own choice, and no one can blame others at this point. …,
This is a very beautiful championship ring, the Timberwolves won the championship for the first time, the ring was designed by Zhuang Fei himself, Zhuang Fei in order to reflect the teamwork of the championship, specially engraved the names of all Timberwolves players on each ring, but this championship ring is different from Zhuang Fei's design, because this ring no longer has the names of all the Timberwolves players, but on both sides of the two rings next to the interface are engraved with "F.Z" and "MIN. T”。 Everyone knows that F.Z is the abbreviation of Zhuang Fei, and Min.T is the abbreviation of the Timberwolves, obviously, this time the designer of the ring put Zhuang Fei's name and the name of the Minnesota Timberwolves side by side, so the meaning of this ring is also extremely intriguing, so Zhuang Fei was also a little stunned when he took the ring.
"Zhuang, this is your honor" Looking at Zhuang Fei who was in a daze, Glenn Taylor also said out loud, this ring was designed by him, he and Zhuang Fei's concept is not compatible, and he has been 'bullied' by Zhuang Fei sometimes, but this Timberwolves owner also respects Zhuang Fei very much, in his opinion, Zhuang Fei is the person who gave the soul to this team, and such a person should be combined with this team forever.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Glenn" Zhuang Fei looked at the sincere Glenn Taylor and nodded with a smile, and thanked him again, at this time Zhuang Fei had let go of all the grievances with Glenn Taylor, since he had left this boss, he could still give himself such courtesy, Zhuang Fei was not an ignorant person, this was Glenn Taylor's overture, and Zhuang Fei also needed to give his own attitude.
When Zhuang Fei put this championship ring on his right hand and smiled and waved to the Timberwolves fans in the surrounding stands, the shouts reached the maximum, and at this moment there was only one focus on the court, that is, the Chinese in the center of the court.
And Van Gundy on the bench of the Minnesota Timberwolves was also distracted when he saw the figure of Zhuang Fei on the court, speaking from the heart, the defensive coach's heart is now full of jealousy of Zhuang Fei, since he became a basketball coach, he does not want to be the embodiment of a team all the time, just like the current Zhuang Fei, the current Zhuang Fei is the embodiment of the Timberwolves, this is the dream of every basketball coach, this is also the ideal he pursues all his life, and the failure in New York makes the coach attach great importance to the journey of the Timberwolves.
"I will definitely replace you as the new symbol here" At this time, Van Gundy Jr. secretly made an oath in his heart, and then the current head coach of the Timberwolves looked at Zhuang Fei's eyes and became fierce.
Now Van Gundy is indeed a little embarrassed, at this time all the Timberwolves players under his command have rushed to the court to celebrate and congratulate 'his enemy' when Zhuang Fei put on the ring and waved to all the fans in the field. Looking at the Boston head coach surrounded by Timberwolves players, Van Gundy's assistant coach Tin Foil Du also sighed after glancing at his boss, and at this time he could obviously feel the jealousy and yearning in his boss's eyes.
Zhuang Fei is not the only person who returned to the Timberwolves to receive the championship ring this time, but also the former Timberwolves' first assistant coach Stephen Green, the former Timberwolves' center O'Neal Jr., and of course the former Timberwolves' guard Jackson, but the momentum of these three people when they received the ring was obviously much smaller, although the Timberwolves fans also gave these three past heroes a huge shout, but it is obvious that it cannot be compared with Zhuang Fei's kind of battle.
In fact, for such a 'differential' treatment, these three people are also extremely acceptable, not to mention the three of them, even the team bosses Garnett and Pierce also have to kneel when they meet Zhuang Fei. This guy is the god here. …,
Today's Minnesota Goal Center is really lively, and today all the heroes of Minnesota's championship last season have gathered, in fact, for Timberwolves fans, the victory or defeat of this game or other has become a bit secondary.
Of course, fans are now reminiscing about the past and don't care much about the outcome of the game, but for the managers of both teams, it does not mean that this will be the case, both Zhuang Fei and Van Gundy attach great importance to the victory of this game.
"Congratulations, Mr. Zhuang"
Just when Zhuang Fei walked off the court after finishing the celebration on the court, he met the current head coach of the Timberwolves, Van Gundy, and it was obvious that as the host of this game, no matter how bad his heart was, he also needed to express his congratulations and welcome to Zhuang Fei. It's a matter of etiquette.
"Thank you, Jeff," Zhuang Fei said with a smile after being stunned for a moment.
"I hope that the Boston Celtics can give us enough challenges today, give a wonderful game to the fans at the scene, and also to celebrate Mr. Zhuang's return to the target center" Van Gundy looked at Zhuang Fei with some seriousness and said, and when Van Gundy finished speaking, Zhuang Fei's eyebrows were wrinkled, this is Van Gundy is despising the Celtics and at the same time giving Zhuang Fei a war letter.
"yes? It's going to be a good game, I promise" Zhuang Fei gave Van Gundy a deep look and then turned around and left, while Van Gundy looked at Zhuang Fei's back and looked a little unpleasant.
I'm going to beat you in this game, definitely.
Van Gundy clenched his hands and swore a hard oath, then turned back to the Timberwolves' bench as well.
When the Double Fly players finished warming up in the hustle and bustle, the game officially began.