Chapter 441: Jordan's Ambition
"It doesn't look like it's as chaotic as the legend suggests, I haven't seen a single shooting in all these days."
"Shootings? Even if there is a shooting, you won't be able to see it, but now is the time for the All-Star event, do you see, basically every street has police patrolling 24 hours a day, I heard that this security is the strongest in the history of the All-Star, and it is strange that there will be street shootings in such a situation."
"I see, I mean, how could Philadelphia become like this, it turned out to be suppressed by external forces"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been very lively these days, the annual NBA All-Star Game is about to be held in the city, with the promotion of David Stern around the world in recent years, the NBA has been extremely rapid in recent years, although the NBA is still a ' in the United States. The junior sport is second only to football and baseball, but internationally, the NBA has actually taken the lead, especially with the rise of international players and international coaches in the NBA in recent years, it has pushed the road of NBA internationalization.
This has also made almost all the media from all over the world flock here, and it can be said that in the recent past, Philadelphia and the NBA will be one of the world's focal points, and of course, for the media from all over the world, there is one person who is the most special for them.
"Oh my God, this is amazing" When the flight of the Boston Celtics players and coaches landed at the Philadelphia airport, and when Zhuang Fei and the Boston Celtics players walked out of the airport, these Boston Celtics players were instantly startled by the battle outside the airport. They have been tested for a long time, but even so, these people were startled to see the crowd of media reporters outside the airport who were like ants holding microphones, carrying video cameras and holding cameras. Obviously, there were not 1,000 but 800 reporters who came here to pick up the airport, and after these reporters saw Zhuang Fei and they just came out, they directly surrounded these people. Basically every Boston Celtics player was surrounded by a circle, even Boston Celtics assistant coach Stephen Green.
And in the Boston Celtics line. The Chinese head coach is naturally the most high-profile, and he is surrounded by the most journalists, Zhuang Fei is the first Asian basketball coach to succeed in the United States. Even the most successful Asian in the United States, Zhuang Fei's influence in Asia is definitely not limited to Chinese mainland, the Boston Celtics head coach is based on Japan. South Korea and Taiwan, Hong Kong and other regions are also extremely influential, in addition to Asia, because of the Olympic Games two years ago, Zhuang Fei is also the most influential basketball head coach in the world, it can be said that conquered Europe and Australia, so when Zhuang Fei out of the airport, this Chinese instantly felt that the air around him became rapid, Zhuang Fei's eyes were basically full of people, Zhuang Fei was surrounded in the middle almost a little suffocated.
In fact, with the arrival of the All-Stars, Zhuang Fei has also been confirmed to be the head coach of the Eastern All-Stars, so there are many media who have been looking for Zhuang Fei to do an exclusive interview recently. And most of them are world-class media, for these media, it is difficult for many of them to come to the United States to report on the NBA, and similarly, Zhuang Fei usually does not have much time, so this time is the best time for them to interview. So the recent interview appointments for the Boston Celtics club are also wave after wave, but what makes these people a little speechless is that Zhuang Fei ignores them at all, and the use given is that the team has a game to play, but in the five days from February 2nd to February 7th, Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics only have 2 games. The schedule didn't seem difficult, and Zhuang Fei could actually spare time as long as he wanted to, but in the end, the Chinese head coach didn't do it at all, which made these media from all over the world put all these grievances on the present. …,
And what made Zhuang Fei even more depressed was that the yellow-skinned reporters around him were not his Chinese compatriots but a group of South Koreans who had been grunting for a long time, and these Korean reporters were also destroying Zhuang Fei with all kinds of problems.
"Mr. Zhuang, what do you think of Asia's strongest young player, Ha Seung Jin?"
"Mr. Zhuang, the Ha Seung Jin player said that you are the head coach he admires the most, does he have any plans to select him in the draft?"
"Mr. Zhuang, do you think basketball in the Republic of Korea will be as strong as China is now? Are you interested in coaching in the Republic of Korea?"
In fact, these Korean reporters themselves didn't expect that they would stand so close to Zhuang Fei, but these people are also a group of reporters with professional qualities, so they quickly reacted, so these questions were thrown to Zhuang Fei one after another, and most of their problems naturally revolved around their domestic national treasure basketball player Ha Seung Town, but for Zhuang Fei, he didn't know such a person at all, who the knew the name of a young player in South Korea. It's just that in the eyes of these South Korean journalists, their country's national treasure players should belong to the world, and their popularity should naturally be the world.
Zhuang Fei is very embarrassed now, these Korean sticks are crazy, Zhuang Fei can't advance or retreat, if it weren't for the reporters from other countries behind these Korean reporters to push this group of 'narcissists' away, Zhuang Fei would probably go crazy.
But even after getting rid of the pursuit of these Korean reporters, the group of people who came up from the new circle once again made Zhuang Fei feel a little palpitating, and Zhuang Fei could obviously feel that these people were staring at him like hungry wolves.
If it weren't for the airport security guards and nearby patrolling police, Zhuang Fei probably wouldn't have moved for a day today.
"Coach, are you alright?"
After these crazy reporters were blown away by police and security guards, the Boston Celtics players saw Zhuang Fei's legs tremble a little.
"I'm fine" Zhuang Fei, the Celtic player who cared about him around him, said with a smile, he really didn't have much to do, but it was too crowded just now.
"By the way, let's take a break in the hotel now, I think everyone should be tired," Zhuang Fei said to the Celtic players outside the airport.
Celtic played a game yesterday. The Boston Celtics defeated the Kings 100-90 at home, although the score of the game was a bit big, but the process of this game was a bit tortuous, the first half of the game was led by the Kings, and there was no garbage time in the whole game, it can be said that the Celtics players played very hard, if it wasn't for the team's catch-up in the second half of the rankings, it would not have finally defeated the Kings who were calling for rain in the West.
After the Celtics' Feb. 1 win over the Hornets confirmed the team's No. 1 status in the East. The Celtics played two games the following week, beating the Clippers at home on Feb. 4 in addition to the Feb. 7 game against the Kings. It also brought the Boston Celtics' pre-All-Star record to 41-9
"Coach, I really didn't expect to have such a dinner party here"
When Zhuang Fei and the Celtics rested in the hotel for a while, it was already evening in Philadelphia, and they came here at noon. When these people were resting and ready to go to the hotel for dinner, they were startled again by the scene in the hotel lobby.
Because now a dinner party is being held in the hotel lobby, Zhuang Fei and the Celtics players can see at a glance, basically all the big-name NBA stars have arrived, in addition to these big-name NBA players, there is also a group of extremely big-name NBA bigwigs.
This year's All-Star security measures are the strongest in NBA history, so this time the All-Star organizers have designated hotels for all the people who participate in the All-Stars. …,
It is precisely for this reason that there is this scene.
Zhuang Fei and his Boston Celtics arrived early today. When they came to Philadelphia from Boston, most of the people in the hall didn't arrive, so they didn't say hello. When Zhuang Fei appeared in the hall with a large group of Boston Celtics, he instantly became the focus of the audience.
This year's All-Star game alone has four players including Yao Ming, Maddie, Xiao Ao and James Posey, and Zhuang Fei himself is the head coach of the East Army. In addition to the four players who participated in the All-Star Game, Arenas, Kirilenko and Yao Ming also need to participate in the Rookie Challenge, in addition to these rookies, the Boston Celtics Stephen Jackson also needs to participate in the All-Star three-point contest, it can be said that the Boston Celtics team is the largest team to participate in the All-Star Challenge. It is also the most high-profile one, of course, perhaps the Timberwolves and Lakers in the West can be compared to them, and the Lakers and Timberwolves are also a big family.
It's just that what makes these people a little funny is that the Timberwolves' group of people directly got rid of the team's head coach Van Gundy after seeing Zhuang Fei appear, and then all surrounded Zhuang Fei, and the Timberwolves also had four selections in this year's All-Star Game, and all of them were Zhuang Fei's direct disciples when he was in the Timberwolves, so when this scene appeared in the hall, Van Gundy's expression was very embarrassing. At this time, Zhuang Fei was the focus of the whole game, but now under the gaze of almost everyone, he was directly 'robbed' by Zhuang Fei of the players, which is a bit extremely embarrassing no matter how you look at it, which shows that the coach is completely unrecognized by the group of players under him. This is a big shame as a head coach, so now Van Gundy's face is also ugly, if it weren't for the tin foil next to him who has been pulling, the head coach who has been humiliated in the Timberwolves this season has really rushed to Zhuang Fei, this season Van Gundy thinks that the reason why he has received so much resistance in the Timberwolves is because of Zhuang Fei.
"Jeff, calm down, just beat him at this year's All-Star Game" Tin Foil Du reminded Van Gundy's ear, and the head coach of the Western All-Star Team also calmed down, and then looked at Zhuang Fei's eyes became more and more sharp. Seeing his boss like this, the tin foil Du on the side also shook his head.
At this time, it is naturally impossible for Zhuang Fei to know the movement of Van Gundy, and now he is talking to the Timberwolves, a group of his former disciples, these Timberwolves players plus the original six Boston Celtics players, it can be said that Zhuang Fei is surrounded by more than a dozen All-Star players, this kind of influence also makes many people on the scene look sideways, and at present, only that Z coach can do this in the entire league. And what surprised these people even more was that Carter, who originally had this small circle, Duncan and Szzambiak also broke away from their own circle and went to Zhuang Fei's side.
"Vince, this time the four of us finally got together in one game, but now the two of us and Tim Wally are rivals."
Looking at his friend and then at the smiling head coach, the little Pippen of the Boston Celtics drank the orange juice in his cup directly, and said with an extremely excited face.
"Yes, I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, the last time I put a trophy with the coach, this time I'm going to get it back" Carter also squinted and smiled at James Posey, and then directly moved his gaze to Duncan, who was chatting with Zhuang Fei on the side.
"The trophy at the coach's? What is that," James Posey looked at Carter with some puzzlement, but at this time, the grizzly leader only smiled slightly and did not answer James Posey's doubts.
The atmosphere around Zhuang Fei is very good now, these are all his disciples, and they are all some peers, and they all have their own common language, it can be said that they will soon become one, and Zhuang Fei is also extremely happy to see this scene.
"Zhuang, you're quite lively here"
"Huh?! It's Michael, I didn't see you just now."
Zhuang Fei glanced over, but Jordan and Nash also came over with a smile.
"Hehe, Steve and I just came, and then I saw you guys getting together, so Steve and I also wanted to come and have a good time"
The others also greeted Nash and Jordan at this time, and most of the players here have great respect for this great god.
It's just that when the great god said the following sentence, the atmosphere around him was a little different.
"Zhuang, this year I am bound to win the All-Star MVP"
Just as Jordan said this, the eyes of Carter and Duncan on the side narrowed. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )