Chapter 21 Pretending to be forced by order, the only chance (kneeling and begging for monthly passes, collections, and recommended tickets)
On August 15, the Wizards held a press conference at the MCI Center in Washington.
Before the press conference, the Wizards' official statement was that it was a regular media meeting for the team's new head coach Wang Shuo.
But since Jordan sold off Wizards stock in late July, there have been a number of questions about whether Jordan will come back and whether his physical recovery will really be as bad as he says he will be.
Therefore, holding a press conference on the cusp of the storm, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the wizard is pulling Wang Shuo out to block the gun.
Backstage of the press conference, looking at Wang Shuo, who was wearing a black suit and preparing to appear on stage, at this moment, even the Wizards staff cast sympathetic glances at him.
Come on, hero!
You are always the best!
Before deciding to hold the press conference, Unselde had asked Wang Shuo if he wanted him to accompany him, but Wang Shuo refused.
Unselde knew that Wang Shuo, who had been looking at him more and more recently, didn't want to pull himself into this muddy water.
But how did Unselde know that Wang Shuo simply didn't want Unseld to interfere with his play.
"Let's be sure, Wes, as long as I can help Michael divert the firepower, can I say anything?" Before going on the field, looking at Unseld, who was also paying attention to himself, Wang Shuo asked "slyly".
Unselde nodded and said, "Don't you really need me to accompany you to the event?" ”
Wang Shuo shook his head and said, "For this kind of thing, the fewer people who come forward, the better." ”
At 10 a.m., the press conference opened on time.
Although as early as May this year, the Wizards officially announced the team's head coach for the new season, but today, an official appearance in front of the media is indeed the first time in Wang Shuo's coaching career.
And Wang Shuo believes that if it weren't for Michael Jordan, a rookie head coach like him, who would not have been able to come to so many reporters at the media meeting.
I saw that the press conference site was already crowded, and it was a crowd of people, gongs and drums.
In addition, don't look at the reporters present today, 99% of them are coming for Jordan, but at the moment when Wang Shuo appeared on the stage, many people still showed surprised eyes.
None of them.
The 27-year-old Asian coach asked you if it attracted attention?
In the new season, Wang Shuo is destined to create more than N firsts before the start of the game.
The youngest head coach in NBA history.
The first full-time foreign head coach in NBA history.
Unfortunately, because on October 5, 2000, the Clippers had already signed Igor Kokoshkov from Serbia, so Wang Shuo was not the first foreign full-time coach in NBA history.
However, in the head coaching industry, he still deserves to be the first.
At the press conference, many reporters whose attention had been attracted by Wang Shuo felt that they were just seeing Wang Shuo today, and this trip was not in vain.
Damn prodigy!
There are so many news selling points hidden, but we were not called until today!
No, this will not be the future era of social networking, where you can know the world without leaving home.
In fact, after the Wizards announced their head coach for the new season in May this year, many reporters went to the university where Wang Shuo once coached for interviews.
But apart from the opinions of the team members and colleagues, this group of reporters simply can't dig up the kind of news that has selling points.
These news materials, when Wang Shuo becomes famous in the future, will be very useful.
But for now?
"Hello, Wang, may I ask you, as the youngest head coach in the NBA in the new season and the first foreign head coach in NBA history, how do you position yourself? Do you have a clear goal now? ”
You see, some stupid peers are still surprised, but some smart peers are already starting to ask.
Wang Shuo smiled and glanced at the reporter who asked him a question, and said: "Of course, I have a clear and definite goal, which can be summed up in three Latin words.
Veni, Vidi, Vici (I come, I see, I conquer). ”
Exploded!
Absolutely blown up!
At the press conference, almost instantly, Wang Shuo's answer detonated the entire scene.
The opening is the king of the bomb!
Originally, those who were still thinking about how they would get the news of Michael Jordan out of Wang Shuo's mouth later, where could they still take care of Jordan?
As for Wang Shuo?
After pretending to be forced without blushing and heartbeat, his calm and confident expression at this moment is absolutely impossible to pretend.
No way.
Pretending to be forced by order, that's how confident it is.
What he wants now is to draw all his attention to him.
Therefore, from the very beginning, he thought that he would not only be crazy at the press conference, but also the most arrogant kind of madness.
Why is it said that after Mourinho landed in the Premier League in the future, he almost single-handedly fed half of the Fleet Street?
Because Mourinho is big news with a casual mouth, how can the media not love it?
Anyway, at this time, Mourinho doesn't know where to be a translator, so as peers, what's wrong with learning from each other's personalities?
In the new season, the newcomers in the Wizards are waiting to be fed one by one, and Wang Shuo knows very well that if he can't do it, let the reporters focus on himself in the next season......
As for the top-level traffic that Boss Qiao brings, if he can't keep it, he can accidentally overwhelm his own group of players.
Therefore, the reason why Wang Shuo is so calm is also because he is purposefully crazy at the moment.
At the press conference, the reporters who were shocked for a long time forcibly suppressed various emotions in their hearts and then asked Wang Shuo: "I don't mean to offend, but Mr. Head Coach, can you briefly explain your coaching style and how the Wizards will conquer the NBA in the new season?" ”
After Wang Shuo pondered for two seconds, he said, "Attack, attack, attack." ”
Journalists: "......"
"If so, could you please be specific?" The reporter who just asked the question gritted his teeth and asked.
Wang Shuo waved his hand and said, "What I said is clear enough, attack, attack, or attack." ”
No way.
Even if they are well-informed in the NBA, this group of reporters is the first time they have seen a head coach with Wang Shuo's style.
Fortunately, the ginger is still old and spicy.
Donnie Jones, a 54-year-old veteran from Los Angeles, asked, "Hello Wang, we all know that defending to win a championship is a saying in the NBA.
If the tactics overemphasize offense, does it mean that the goal of the Wizards' new season is still to develop new talents? ”
It seems like this is an ordinary question.
But Wang Shuo understood that this was a problem with several hidden murderous motives.
The first is the sentence that came up at the beginning, "Defending to win a championship is a wise saying in the NBA", which clearly tells Wang Shuo that although I don't know how you will play offensive basketball, your game will definitely not be able to play in the NBA.
followed by the second sentence, the first half of the sentence seemed to be a kind reminder to Wang Shuo not to overemphasize the offense, but judging from his second half of the sentence, it was actually refuting Wang Shuo's previous crazy speech.
You say you come, you see, you conquer, you come, you see, you conquer?
Wake up, you're the bottom team, and if the Wizards play like this, the new season will definitely have to rot.
Therefore, it seems that this question is being asked, but if Wang Shuo really answers it according to the way of ordinary people, then the next day, he will definitely become a clown in Washington overnight because of his previous big words.
Master!
I didn't expect that Milijian, a "strange little country", would still have such a master!
But......
Who let Wang Shuo finish chasing "Yes, Prime Minister" in his last life when he was idle and sore in his last life?
So, Wang Shuo decisively moved Jim Harker's big move, and replied: "The Washington Wizards are a team with a long history, and its predecessor, the Washington Bullets, won the NBA championship in the 1977-1978 season.
For the new season, the whole team is full of confidence.
It is true that there will be a lot of young people in the team in the new season, but we are confident that through our own efforts, we will be able to create a youth storm in the upcoming new season! ”
Hearing this, Donnie Jones suddenly felt like he had met an opponent.
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, Wang Shuo's answer is just an official answer.
But old Jones understood that Wang Shuo had obviously discovered the murderous intent that he had deliberately buried in the question when he asked the question just now.
After glancing at Wang Shuo meaningfully, old Jones did not continue to embarrass Wang Shuo.
Because he knows that only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles.
Jones Sr. made up his mind, and when he returned to Los Angeles tonight, he applied to the newsroom for a transfer to Washington.
At this moment, the elder Jones decided that Wang Shuo was extraordinary, and he would definitely be able to dig more explosive news from him in the future.
Next, after the reporters asked Wang Shuo a few more questions one after another, someone finally remembered Michael Jordan and asked him: "Wang, do you know Michael Jordan's comeback plan?" Has he spoken to you, the team's manager for the new season? Is Michael's physical recovery really as bad as he said in an interview? ”
What a triple question!
After pretending to be surprised and glancing at the reporter who asked him a question, he saw Wang Shuo say: "Michael Jordan's comeback plan? What? Is he ready to make a comeback? How did I not know?
Do you know Michael Jordan's plans for a comeback? Did he mention it to you? Is his recovery really as bad as he told you? ”
Reporter: "......"
!
Am I asking, or are you asking?
At the press conference, many experienced old reporters saw at this time that Wang Shuo was not the kind of rookie who was easy to fool, he must have done relevant homework before he was pulled out by the wizards to block the gun.
Therefore, after asking Wang Shuo a few more innocuous questions, the press conference ended successfully and happily.
However, backstage at the press conference, at this moment, Unseld and the Wizards staff were as frightened as if they had just watched a horror movie.
OMG!
Where is he a hero?
He's a devil!
False Devil: Tattoo Satan on your body.
The real devil: Satan tattooed him on his body.
From the perspective of the Wizards' staff, tomorrow the Wizards will definitely become the target of public criticism because of Wang Shuo's sentence "I come, I see, I conquer" today.
Fortunately, Unseld, who knew the details of Wang Shuo and Jordan's publicity plan, was the first to come back to his senses.
At this moment, Unselde is not worried about what the media reporters will say tomorrow, he is only worried about Wang Shuo.
As the saying goes, the more time he spends with Wang Shuo, the more he sincerely hopes that Wang Shuo can stay in the NBA in the future.
"You're not going to leave yourself a way out?" Looking at Wang Shuo, who had just finished the press conference, Unselde asked with a worried expression.
"Weis, maybe you don't understand, this is my only chance, and I don't want to miss it." After staring at Unselde for a few seconds, Wang Shuo replied.
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