James' post-game remarks caused an uproar.

Although in theory, James was hacked for a season, and there is a reason to fight back when the doubts are at their highest, and even show his optimism.

However, the crux of the matter lies in where and how to fight back.

If James is excessively criticized by the media and fans, and is a victim image in front of the public, then such a riposte will be recognized by the outside world.

After all, although people have different personalities, they will have some sympathy for the victims in their bones.

But now, the reporter just asked a very regular question, but James seemed to wait for the reporter to ask this, and then couldn't wait to say it all.

In particular, this is after the match that has just been swept by the opponent.

It felt like he didn't care if the team won or lost.

Especially with Kobe Bryant's "number one loser" after completing two consecutive championships, in front of him, in contrast, his remarks are extremely shameful.

And this performance of the abdominal draft in his chest is either his team's business ability is not good, or it is purely his personal brain circuit Qingqi.

All in all, after the Big Three were swept away and this remark was added, James' personal image came to a new all-time low.

Miami, American Airlines Arena.

After being swept out, the Heat's season journey is over, and the players are about to begin their annual offseason.

But before that, the Heat have one more season review.

It's not something every team does, but it's the team culture of the Heat.

Riley was in his office revising his speech.

He rubbed his forehead from time to time, and his whole person looked like he was ten years older than before.

Last offseason was important for the Heat, and if he can't keep Wade, the Heat will go straight into a rebuilding period.

For a competitive man like him, rebuilding this is not what he wants to do.

So he was under tremendous pressure and racked his brains to form this unprecedented pinnacle triumvirate lineup.

didn't expect it to be such an ending, which made him feel like he was not guaranteed to be late.

Against this backdrop, it's not easy for him to write a morale-boosting speech.

"Boom~"

Just then, there was a knock on the door of his office.

"Come in."

He put down the manuscript in his hand, looked up, and saw that it was James who had entered.

Riley let out a professional smirk.

James was instrumental in the Heat's ability to assemble the Big Three, so while he struggled, Riley couldn't blame him.

And from the perspective of personal image, if you form a lineup under huge pressure from public opinion, and dismantle it in the second year, isn't that a slap in the face?

So although the starting point is different from Wade, he has no other choice but to believe in James.

James came in and glanced out the door, then closed the door, and finally walked over to Riley and sat down.

Riley looked puzzled at the sight of his unusual behavior.

"Mr. Riley, I think we're going to have to make some changes next season." James said in a thoughtful tone.

Riley reached out to put his cheek in his cheek and looked at James with a playful look in his eyes.

Although he was in a more irritable mood at this time, he was an old fox after all, and he had heard the news of James interfering with management in Cleveland, so it was not difficult for him to guess that James wanted the management to do something at the moment.

"Dwyan, Chris and I have been trying to find a way to play that works for each other, we've had a lot of private conversations, but it didn't work, and I don't think that's what we players can do." James observed Riley's face for a moment and continued.

"Oh?" Riley lowered his hand and sat up straight.

"We need a coach with a lot of coaching experience to guide us, Mr. Riley, and I don't think there's anyone better suited than you." James smiled as he said Riley's name.

His conflict with Spoelstra has long been made public, but he has never found a good entry point.

This time the sweep is an opportunity, you know, the sport, the team is not doing well, and the manager is fired, that is the most common thing.

Especially in the NBA, the coach is fired for poor performance, the coach is fired for internal conflicts, and the coach is fired for indecision.

Not to mention a young coach like Spoelstra who doesn't have much of a reputation in the league.

It's just that he also knows that Spoelstra and Riley have a close relationship, and if you suddenly propose to be someone else, Riley may not agree.

However, this problem can be solved as long as the person who changed the coach is Riley himself.

You must know that in this matter, Riley is also a person with a criminal record.

Because of the Heat's poor record, Riley resigned from the head coach, and the Heat team was replaced by Stan Van Gundy.

As a result, I didn't expect Van Gundy's coaching effect to be surprisingly good, especially Wade, who was new to the league, showed his superstar potential in the second season under his tutelage.

The Heat were fourth in the East in the first year, and the first in the East after trading O'Neal the second year.

Although they lost to the Pistons 3-4 in the Eastern Conference that year, Van Gundy's coaching was generally very successful.

As a result, in Van Gundy's third season in charge, Riley fired Van Gundy on the pretext of a poor start and picked up the ready-made ones himself.

So now the team is in the East Finals, the situation is very similar to that year, and even Spoelstra is far less famous than Van Gundy back then, and Riley will not even have public opinion pressure when he is gone.

And when the Big Three were formed, the three of them discussed whether to let Spoelstra or Riley coach, just because Wade's sentence "Riley is a training freak, you don't want him to coach".

But now is the perfect time to say it.

Riley didn't say anything, just smiled.

James couldn't figure out Riley's attitude for a while.

"You go back first, I'll take care of it." Riley finally spoke.

James wanted to say something more, but Riley had already picked up the speech again, and he had to get up and leave.

After James left, Riley called Spoelstra and said he would come to the training gym in fifteen minutes and ask Spoelstra to gather all the players.

When he hung up the phone, he threw the written speech directly into the trash.

To be honest, it's not that he hasn't moved the idea of coaching the Heat again, but his habit is to wait and see for a while.

Just like Van Gundy, he felt that he could succeed before he did it.

But this season, the relationship between the Big Three is too complicated, especially James's obvious weaknesses and privileges as a player, which made him finally dismiss the idea.

However, James's approach allowed him to find an opportunity, something more useful than any speech.

Fifteen minutes later, Riley showed up in the training gym.

Spoelstra had already done what he had asked everyone in the team, including the coaching staff.

Because Riley himself was going to give a season-ending speech, but a little earlier.

Of course, Spoelstra was still a little surprised when he saw Riley empty-handed, his teacher actually took off the manuscript directly this time?

"All the team members, stand facing the wall."

Then Riley's first words directly startled him.

Good guys, what's the situation directly facing the wall?

Everyone on the Heat team was also stunned and looked a little caught off guard.

However, seeing Riley's serious expression did not seem like a joke, everyone turned around one after another, and then stood facing the wall.

That's when Riley continued: "Just now, a player came to my office and told me something, I won't say who that person is, but now, I'm going to give him my reply. ”

When Riley said this, James suddenly felt that something was not right.

Because if there is really a change of coach, Riley doesn't need to make such a big fanfare, and he will do any kind of wall operation.

"You've never come to my office and tell me you're going to fire a coach, your job is just to play basketball, that's the culture of the Heat!"

Riley's words rang out, and the Heat players looked at each other.

Wade, in particular, almost instinctively turned his head to look at James.

In the Heat, the people who dare to change head coaches with Riley at this time, or have the strength at this time, are the three of them.

But both he and Bosh have been in the training gym, except for James who has been away for a while.

It's basically James.

James' face was hot at this time.

He never expected Riley to treat his request in such a way.

Riley could have politely rejected him even if he didn't agree, but now he chose to use him as a stepping stone to boost morale.

The point is, you're not a White Lotus either, but now you're telling me about team culture.

But even if he has a lot of unhappiness at the moment, he can only hold it in his heart.

Because if he showed it, the whole team would know that he was the one who asked for Spoelstra to be replaced.

It was the first time he felt the ability of Riley's "God Operator".

Although in fact, based on James's reputation and his relationship with Spoelstra, most of the Heat players can guess that it is him.

Riley is still continuing, as an old man who has been in the mix for many years, as long as he finds the right entry point, he doesn't need a speech or anything at all.

"The culture of the Heat is that you are unyielding, no matter how difficult it is, you will fight like a fighter, this is a culture that has been formed since Alonzo Mourning came to the team and will continue to be a culture that will continue, so I don't need anyone to take responsibility for this year's losses, I will get up wherever you fall, all of you."

I have to say that Riley's speech was very on point, and it also boosted the morale of the Heat.

It's just that James really gritted his teeth at this time, and his hands were clenched into fists.

Riley not only replied to his previous request, but also stepped on all the remarks he made after the loss.

These morale-boosting words entered his ears and turned directly into reprimands.

However, he could only be next to each other.

A lot of things are mutual, and Riley and Wade know that their Big Three can't be disbanded in a season, and neither is James.

If he does propose a trade in the offseason, then he will really be a street rat that everyone shouts at, which is why he only proposed to change the head coach.

So no matter how much anger he has now, he can only bear it, and he crushes his teeth and swallows it in his stomach.

But Riley had written down everything he had done today.

……

The Eastern Conference Finals have come to an end, but the game on the Western Conference side is still going on, and the Mavericks are currently leading 2-1.

For the third time in a row, the Bulls are waiting for an opponent after the series.

However, this time the fans will not be lonely, because something more exciting than the Western Final is coming.

The Bulls managed to beat the Heat, and it was a rush sweep, and whether Barkley will make good on his promise to drink horse pee will be interesting than the game.

On this day, Thibodeau only had daily training in the morning, and the players were given leave in the afternoon.

In the evening, Xu Yong was at home, and he wanted to call O'Neill and ask him to witness this classic moment together.

O'Neill named the liger Buckley again, and said before that he wanted Buckley to drink ready-made horse urine, so he must be looking forward to this.

But no one answered the phone, and he recalled that O'Neill didn't come to breakfast this morning, and he didn't seem to be there for training.

This guy doesn't know where to go.

Each player has his own private life, and he didn't pay much attention to it, turning on the TV and watching TNT live.

The data shows that at this moment, the ratings of the TNT program actually surpassed the Dongduan G4, which had just refreshed the ratings, and it can only be said that the number of people watching the excitement will always be the most.

As the show began, Barkley was taking a serious look at the situation in the West, while Smith kept knocking on the side, reminding him that it was time to make good on his promise.

I have to say that in terms of program effects, people are definitely professional.

After Barkley finally started talking about the bet, Smith said he was sweet and had everything arranged.

Immediately after, the camera focused on the door of the opening game, and after the door was pushed open, an unexpected figure appeared.

No, two to be exact.

Xu Yong was stunned for a moment when he saw it, and then immediately realized.

Because it was clearly O'Neill and his liger who appeared there.

It's no wonder that this guy disappeared all day, it turned out to be a live recording show.

Barkley was originally quite angry, but when he saw the liger, he was so frightened that he dared not speak, and his expression was very good.

O'Neill took the liger and showed a command to tame the beast, and then sat down next to the two.

Then, the conversation of the show began to shift to the liger, which O'Neal introduced and finally said that its name was Charles Buckley.

Barkley angrily tries to go up and fight, but is stopped by Kenny Smith.

"Charles, I don't think an animal like a horse is worthy of you, so I brought this." O'Neill said as he jumped out of his pocket a tube of yellow liquid.

"It's tiger urine, and Charles Barkley drank Charles Buckley's tiger urine, and I think that's pretty cool."

Barkley resisted at first, but when O'Neill's personal keeper led the liger to them, Barkley reluctantly opened the test tube, sniffed it, and turned his head with a pained expression.

Immediately afterward, he pinched his nose and took a small sip, then drank it with a pained expression on his face, and after a while he was retching there holding the trash can.

Real men don't drink horse urine, only tiger urine.

What is the effect of the show? Directly full.

Then it was O'Neill and Smith who chased him and asked him what it tasted like.

Xu Yong couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

Or will this group of people live?

When O'Neill said that he was going to take Mara to the scene, he was also a little confused.

Barkley is also a celebrity, drinking freshly received horse urine in public, this picture is really unimaginable.

But now, O'Neill led the lion to the scene, and no one paid attention to his previous stubble.

As for what Barkley drank, it was most likely just a yellow drink.

But that doesn't matter at all.

Because the show effect is there, and O'Neill also showed his presence on TNT in advance, a win-win situation.

(End of chapter)