Chapter 185: When Mason is a matchmaker

Although the Bucks have yet to win a championship, they are leading 3-2, and the advantage of two homecourts is enough to open the champagne for them early.

Not only did the Spurs face a stronger team with a more advanced style of play, but they also made history that has never been broken in the history of the NBA — no team has lost a tiebreaker at home.

Moreover, winning two out of three games in the SBC center has proven that the Bucks are stronger than the Spurs in terms of hard power.

According to the usual practice, after the post-match press conference, Yu Fei will also accept an exclusive interview with a few people.

Yu Fei's old friend Bill Wharton was close to the water, and he was present as a commentator and could contact the players as soon as the game ended.

Wharton naturally approached Yu Fei for an exclusive interview.

Yu Fei did not refuse.

He has two close writers on ESPN, one is the hydrological magnate Mark Stein, and the other is the stylistically blossoming Bill Wharton.

Yu Fei and Wharton went to a café in the SBC center to chat.

Wharton asked many questions.

One of the questions was: "How did you prepare for this game?" ”

"I'll tell you the truth, I was nervous before the game started, and then George told me to have fun."

"How do you do that?"

"I drove to a small town near St. Francis and had a pork chop meal."

Wharton laughed in surprise, as if he had heard Yu Fei's secret to winning.

The interview lasted less than half an hour before it ended.

After that, Yu Fei returned to the hotel to rest.

The next day, the Bucks returned to Milwaukee on a special plane.

On the first day back from the road, the Bucks cut their 150-minute training session to 100.

Basically, except for a 40-minute tactical session, the rest of the time is left to the players themselves.

Such training sessions are undoubtedly loose and are a habit of George Carr.

The closer you get to the end of the season, the more important it is to reduce the risk of injury.

Like Pat Riley, the sudden whimsical idea of holding a short-term high-intensity training camp and injuring all the core players because he was worried that his players would not be able to make it to the finals is simply mentally retarded.

Carl believes that a well-trained team will not lose form because of a slack in a training session.

What's more, for some people, no matter what the coaching staff arranges, he will practice at his own pace.

Regardless of what others think, Ray Allen shoots 800 shots a day.

Even Devin George, who was forced to train with him, had to work hard for this.

He didn't have the mindset of Ray Allen, and he felt that Carl's loose training came just right.

Anthony Mason sees it that way, too.

"This is when I think George is the most human in a season." Mason wears a sexy little tank top, bare muscles that are more exaggerated than a punching bag, and has words in his mouth.

Yu Fei looked at this old man with worrying self-discipline contemptuously, and sneered: "This is the most unhuman sentence in what you said today. ”

Mason frowned, and he had the momentum of debating with Yu Fei: "You dare to say that you don't like this arrangement?" ”

"I hate this arrangement!" Yu Fei jumped up and said, "If we are dragged to the seventh game by the Spurs because of lack of training, then it is all your fault!" ”

Mason was dumbfounded: "It's not this training I arranged!" ”

"It's George's ploy!" Yu Fei seemed to be a wise man who saw through everything, "He deliberately arranged for us to conduct loose training to see if we would slack off, and the result?" You old bastard did exactly what he thought! ”

Mason glanced at Carl from afar.

He didn't believe that Carl was so insidious, but why did this bastard coach, who had never been a man, suddenly become a man?

Mason stared at Carl's touching hairline for a long time.

The blinded would only laugh at Carl's hairline, but Mason could see through the hairline the brains surging inside - it should be black... No! This old bastard with a bad stomach must have a black brain, too!

After a while, Yu Fei's assistant Alex Clark came over and said, "Fry, Larry invites you to his office." ”

Larry Harris (General Manager)?

Mason asked, "The season isn't over yet, what is that guy looking for you to do?" ”

"I guess you're talking to me about trading you." Yu Fei joked, "Do you like playing for the Clippers?" ”

"Don't fuck me like that!"

"Lao Tzu's contract expires after playing this season, can he trade free agents? He's a fart! ”

Whenever Mason screams on the training ground, no one is surprised or even curious.

Do you need to see it? It must be that Young Master Yu has people again.

Miraculously, the angry Mason was the most feared creature on the Bucks until a year ago.

But a year later, the same people and the same anger have become a landscape for everyone to adjust their moods.

Although Yu Fei has been in the Bucks for less than a season, he is familiar with most people.

The only unfamiliar core executive is the team's general manager, Larry Harris

Harris belongs to the second generation of standard ball, his father is Del Harris, who is familiar to Chinese fans, and Harris Jr. has no talent to play professional basketball, so he uses his father's relationship to participate in backstage work.

Now sitting in the position of the top leader in the backstage of the Bucks, it can be regarded as fighting for Harris Sr.

It's just that Harris Jr.'s popularity within the Bucks is not good.

Yu Fei knew that he had a bad relationship with George Carr, but he also found that the connection between him and the players was also very shallow.

In the player camp, the closest contact with him is not the veteran Ray Allen, but Yu Fei.

Yu Fei didn't have any idea about little Harris, since the other party was looking for him, he must have important official business, so he didn't delay and came directly to the general manager's office.

"Larry, you're looking for me?"

Harris Jr. dispensed with greetings, put a stack of papers in front of Yu Fei, and asked straightforwardly: "Fry, although the season is not over yet, the team's draft work has begun to be prepared, do you have any ideas?" ”

Asking the opinions of leading players before the draft is a necessary procedure for the team.

However, if Yu Fei wants to give advice, even if he opens the Sky Eye of the Traverser, he can only give the following opinions:

"I think LeBron James is good."

Little Harris smiled, "Anything else?" ”

"Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are okay too."

Harris Jr. would love to be content with flying, but there's no way the Bucks can get those guys.

Without Yu, the Bucks would have the No. 8 pick of the year — a consolation prize they received from the Hawks by trading Glenn Robinson. Unfortunately, the timeline has been disrupted by the time-travelers, and Big Dog is sent to New York in exchange for Sprewell.

The Bucks only have their own first-round pick and second-round pick this year, and since they are ranked first in the league, both picks are the last in their respective rounds.

Harris Jr. didn't expect to get useful advice from Yu Fei either, just going through the motions and informing the team about the direction of the draft.

"At the moment, the team lacks interior depth, so our draft direction is mostly on the interior, and these are the interior lists that we've locked, you can take a look."

Again, it's going through the motions.

Because it is impossible for Yu Fei to pay attention to the draft, let alone find the best candidate among a bunch of unknown prospects.

Yu Fei glanced at it a few times, and suddenly remembered the game the day after tomorrow.

Spur......?

Why do you think of Spurs?

The name Spurs evokes things much older — Kawhi Leonard, uncle, "I'm fifty times worse than he is."

The source of this farce is a clumsy Warrior inside who sends a god kick to Leonard.

Who is he?

Suddenly, the name popped into my head.

"Zaza Pachuria." Yu Fei asked, "Have you heard of this person?" ”

"Oh, I know, he's a European, he's mediocre physically, but he's good at skill and hard work, and our scouts rate him very highly of his mental qualities." ”

Yu Fei put down the file and asked, "Can we choose him?" ”

Harris Jr. said: "He's drafted mid-to-late in the second round, and we do have a chance to draft him. ”

"Then choose him."

Leaving this sentence, Yu Fei left.

Larry Harris watched Yu Fei leave, and found Zaza Pachuria's scouting report from the papers, and he wanted to know why Yu Fei had a crush on this Georgian.

He could not see the characteristics of Pachuria.

At the moment, the NBA is extremely fanatical about Europe's potential, but Pachulia belongs to the unobtrusive big man.

He has no visible running and jumping talent, and his skills look average, all aspects are stable, his shortcomings are big, and his advantages are not obvious.

However, if Yu Fei wants him, then the team will have to seriously consider it.

For the Bucks, Yu Fei is not only the team's new business card and the second MVP in team history, but also the team's goldstone, and his every word has weight.

Harris Jr. immediately called the scouts and asked them to focus on Pachulia and set up a tryout, then put the papers aside.

Harris Jr. then pulled out another document that read "Bucks Asset Appraisal."

After a while, the phone rang.

"Hey, it's me."

"Yes, Senator Cole, the team is currently publicly valued at $230 million. I'm sure you can get that data on your own, but there's some value that the outside world can't count, and if you add that in, the team is currently valued at $270 million. ”

There was silence on the other end of the line.

Before Yu Fei arrived, the Bucks were valued at only $170 million, but in just one year, they have increased by $100 million.

"I see."

The phone hung up.

Harris Jr. is back to his day-to-day job, and even if few people on the team have a good relationship with him, his position is solid because he knows who he's working for.

On that basis, as long as there are no major mistakes at work, no one can kick him out of this position.

…

That night, Yu Fei and a few teammates came to the Japanese restaurant that gave him a feast.

Their presence caused a small stir, but it quickly subsided again.

Because Mason and a few of his bodyguards look rather difficult to provoke.

They entered the store without any problems.

Yu Fei ordered pork chop rice as usual, and then kept his eyes on the waiter who impressed him.

Mason playfully asked, "What do you like this one?" ”

"Sort of."

"So what are you waiting for?"

"I'm waiting for a good Samaritan to get her contact information back for me."

Yu Fei said jokingly.

Hearing this, Mason immediately got up and walked towards the waiter, Yu Fei secretly said that it was not good, just a terrible bastard like a murderer, don't scare people away.

As a result, Mason came up to the waiter and said uncharacteristically, "Hey, can I ask for your contact information for my friend?" ”

Much later, Yu Fei learned that Anthony Mason was a famous matchmaker in college, and was known for her high success rate of asking for a woman's phone number for her fox friends at various parties.

(End of chapter)