Chapter 542
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In the American basketball world, Larry Bird has always been a very special existence, because even in the entire history of the NBA, it is extremely rare for someone to be as good as him in the position of player and head coach or even general manager. ,!
In the past, perhaps the former legend of the Boston Celtics, Lord of the Rings, Russell, could overpower him, the legend of the Boston Celtics can be said to have achieved a very high degree in terms of coaches, players, and general managers, if the Cardinal is the founder of a dynasty, then Russell is a continuation of a dynasty, although no one will say that he is the godfather of a dynasty, but in fact, in the hearts of many Boston Celtics fans, this is a godfather-level figure similar to the Cardinal.
Of course, Russell is in the past, and it is a little strange to many people now, for now, similar to Larry Bird is the current Grizzlies head coach Jerry West, the NBA's 'trademark' man can be said to be no less than Russell in the past, and the NBA legend also enjoys the title of the godfather of the Lakers.
Larry Bird is very special, they are different from other NBA head coaches in that their goal is not only to win or win championships, their goal is always to build a dynasty team, to be the godfather of a dynasty, Russell in the past, Jerry West now, of course, this is also Larry Bird's goal.
When the Boston Celtics' all-time greatest small forward left the Boston Celtics and returned to his hometown, he had already set himself a goal. It's about building a dynasty of your own, a dynasty that rivals the Boston Celts. At the same time, it is also to make his name forever engraved in the history of the NBA team in his hometown.
It's a very ambitious goal, and that's true for anyone. It can be said that any NBA head coach wants to be the godfather of a team, but for most NBA coaches they don't have the opportunities and privileges like Russell, Jerry West and Larry Bird, in the previous Lakers, Jerry West did not resign and no one dared to fire him, and the same was true for the former Boston Celtics. The current Pacers also don't dare to do anything with Larry Bird, even if Larry Bird is at the bottom every year, which is an unthinkable privilege in the commercial-oriented NBA, which is the so-called 'godfather privilege'. Only a manager with such privileges can stay in a team for ten or twenty years and then create an era of his own, and it is also the head coach with such privileges that can become the godfather of a team or a dynasty.
Larry Bird wants to be the godfather of the Pacers, that's for sure, but right now, the greatest forward in NBA history is a little confused, because this goal is getting farther and farther away from him, and it is difficult to say how long it will take the Pacers team to achieve this goal, and even if it takes more time, it will be difficult to achieve his goal.
Now the Pacers are rebuilding, and it can be seen from the team sending away the team's second leader Jalen Rose this summer that Larry Bird is ready to rebuild the team. And this season, after bringing in former Boston Celtics backup inside Oku and former Wake Forest's 'Little Duncan' Al Harrington, coupled with Reggie Miller and Joe Johnson, the team can be regarded as a complete rebuild.
And the team after the rebuild is also doing well, at least this season this team has been in the playoff sequence, which can be said to be a miracle for the increasingly competitive East at present, and before the start of this season, no expert will think that this team that has lost the core of the team and continues to bring in young players can have any future.
It's fair to say that the team's performance is impressive enough, and Mr. Larry Bird should be happy in this situation. It's just that what makes the strong Mr. Larry Bird a little speechless is that this season's Pacers have yet to beat a top-five team in the league even once, and the Celtics have been in the top five in the league this season. In the Grizzlies, Wizards and Spurs Kings games, this team didn't win a single game, and basically lost without any suspense.
Although the team is now in a period of rebuilding, although Larry Bird does not have too many requirements for the team's record this season, the team's performance that seems to be a little soft and afraid of hard still makes him speechless, because in the dynasties he has experienced, whether it is the original black and white dynasty or the later Bulls dynasty, and even the Timberwolves, which has recently been called the closest dynasty team, will not be in such a situation. Even these dynastic teams will play very well against teams that are higher than themselves in their infancy, such as the 1999 Western Conference Finals Spurs and Timberwolves, which are still talked about by fans and pundits today, the Timberwolves almost pushed the Spurs into a desperate situation when the strength was so bad, and Larry Bird knows too well what a dynasty team needs most, and needs someone who can challenge everything. 'Warrior', needs a personality that never admits defeat, but he can't see these things in this Pacer, even if this team has a fighter like Reggie Miller, but as this fighter slowly loses control of this team due to age, the new replacement player does not have this momentum.
A team without a dynastic temperament, no matter how strong it is, will eventually become a stepping stone to a dynasty, and Larry Bird knows this too well, and he doesn't want his team to be stepped on by others even if it grows to the top.
So in this case, the Pacers' record was good at this time, but Larry Bird was always sad.
"Maybe I'm thinking too far, these people are still young, maybe the future will be different," Larry Bird looked at Joe Johnson and Oku and Al Harrington on the court on the bench and said with a sigh, for now, there is no player on this team who can reassure him that he can trust his dynasty dream to him.
"However, I really envy that you can always find a cornerstone player who can build a dynasty" After a brief distraction, the head coach of the Pacers looked at the head coach of the Boston Celtics on the other side, Zhuang Fei, at this time, the head coach of the Pacers was a little envious and jealous of half of his teacher.
Of course, Larry Bird was envious of Zhuang Fei, but at this time Zhuang Fei was also in a bad mood, because the performance of these Boston Celtics players on the court made him unhappy.
The game was the third game in three days for the Boston Celtics, who played the Hawks at home on the 16th, the Bucks away on the 17th, and the Pacers away on the 18th.
It can be said that the schedule of the Boston Celtics this season is a bit crazy, sometimes the Celtics will play three games in 10 days, or even only play four games in half a month, but the consequence of this schedule is that this kind of consecutive games are also very many.
In this case, even the first two games of the Boston Celtics were not a big test, but for the Boston Celtics players, what made them uncomfortable was not the intensity of the game, if they played every day on the same field, there was no problem, but the consumption in this long-distance journey made these young Boston Celtics players a little unbearable. It was a game that could be described as a total loss of form.
"It seems that Larry Bird's tactical system is back, no wonder their performance will improve so much this season" Finally, Zhuang Fei looked at the Pacers players on the court and sighed helplessly and said, in this game, the Pacers' previous iconic internal and external connection reappeared, and the cooperation between Reggie Miller and Oku also had some of the original meaning of Reggie Miller and Smiters, which is also the reason why the Boston Celtics were so passive in this game.
Otherwise, if it is an ordinary team, the Boston Celtics players will not respond to such a rout even if they are not adaptable.
This is a true portrayal of the Boston Celtics in this game, the Boston Celtics have been confused from the beginning, even if Zhuang Fei drank this group of Celtics players in the middle of the court, but the effect is very limited, if the Boston Celtics in the first three quarters of this season are defeated by the opponent, then the Boston Celtics in this game are defeated by the Pacers in the first three quarters.
When the referee Bavita blew the whistle at the end of the game, Zhuang Fei looked at the 107-90 scoreboard on the sidelines and sighed, which was one of the biggest defeats for the Boston Celtics this season.
The Boston Celtics lost their winning streak in this game, although the defeat did not affect the team's ranking, but it was regrettable enough, but what made Zhuang Fei a little speechless was that when he found Larry Bird after this game, his good friend also looked extremely depressed, which made Zhuang Fei a little confused, especially Larry Bird's last sentence made him a little speechless.
"It's not a win I wanted"
In many cases, this sentence has been said by Zhuang Fei when he is beating some unworthy teams, and most of them are understood as mockery and disappointment to the opponent, but it is obvious that when he heard this sentence from Larry Bird's mouth this time, Zhuang Fei did not hear any disdain for Larry Bird's eyes for the Boston Celtics.
"Looks like he's not small."
In the end, Zhuang Fei thought of the longing in Larry Bird's eyes just now, and he also understood something a little. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )
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