We're pretty close

"I'm sorry, Phil." George Carr came to the Zen master and shook the hand like a complete victor. "I'll win tonight."

Probably no one can understand how cool it was when Karl led his team to defeat the Zen master.

Of the NBA's self-proclaimed rivals of Zen masters, Carl is the only one who has taken revenge on him, with a 1-1 record in the Finals, and as for the regular season meetings, Carl has won 12 of the last 13 meetings with Zen masters, leaving aside the pre-2002 season.

What is Suppression? That's what repression! It's like Da Fei's twenty-five consecutive wins against LeBron, a ruthless suppression!

He is a real rival with the Zen master, and the others are just self-righteous fantasies of losers against the Zen master.

A few years ago, Jackson had never taken Carl seriously.

As a nine-time champion, the only person in his sights who deserves his attention is the late Reed Auerbach.

In recent years, with the relentless pursuit of historical status by modern players, the gold content of the championship before the merger era (before 1977) has been weakened.

If the championship content of the older generation of players has to be discounted, the championship content of the coach will be even lower.

In terms of the number of overall winners, Zen masters and Auerbach have the same number of winners. According to the theory of the devaluation of ancient champions, the Zen master should have defeated Auerbach without suspense and became the first coach in NBA history.

However, Auerbach seemed to have foreseen this day for a long time, so during the OK Dynasty, he made the argument that "Phil is great, but he is only responsible for leading the best stars to success, and in my time, I am in charge of everything", thus turning the argument of the first coach in history into a very low.

What Auerbach means is that Zen masters only need to focus on coaching now, whereas in Auerbach's time, coaching was only part of the equation, drafts, trades, travels, ...... He'll take care of everything. If it weren't for the head coach taking on such a heavy burden at the time, Auerbach would not have stepped back into the background early.

Jackson is the best coach, but Auerbach is the godfather, and speculators who sit back and enjoy it don't get involved.

It has to be said that Auerbach managed to raise his status to another level.

No matter how many more championships he wins, he is already the most successful head coach in NBA history, but Auerbach, who he is bent on surpassing, is in a higher dimension.

What the Zen master didn't expect was that he had not yet been able to grasp the authority of the godfather and continued to sprint to Auerbach, when Karl, who was beaten all over the ground by his team, unexpectedly got an SSR card, and won the championship four times in five years, not only established the status of Pat Riley in a short period of time, but also launched a fierce attack on himself.

At this time, looking at Carl's smug face, Jackson was displeased.

He forgot the teachings of Zen Buddhism.

"George, your victory is only temporary." Jackson said, "If the SuperSonics leave Seattle, your and Frye Yu's choice will be the most ridiculous thing in the NBA in nearly two decades." ”

Carl kept telling himself that from the moment he gave up his business and shares in Milwaukee and followed Yu Fei to Seattle, their fates were closely linked.

Carl is only in charge of coaching, and such a great thing as leaving the SuperSonics in Seattle is destined to belong to a legend for a few.

"Don't say that, Phil." Carl always kept in mind what he had to do. He's just coaching, nothing else. But if someone wants to sing about Yu Fei, he will never let it go. "I don't think Frye can save the SuperSonics or not, the most ridiculous thing in the NBA in the last two decades is not going to be this. Do you know what's been the most ridiculous thing about the NBA in the last two decades? ”

"It's the players who have had so many successes with you who refuse to play for you at crucial moments."

"It's the general manager who personally promoted you from an unknown to head coach who thinks you're the biggest danger to a great team that builds a dynasty."

"It was you who watched the infighting and didn't do anything about it, which ultimately led to the irreparable situation in 2004."

"It was Ling who came back to Los Angeles in 2004 after being defeated by me, but still couldn't beat my team, and could only make weak predictions. Now let me tell you what happens next. The corners of Carl's mouth are harder to suppress than the AK of Valorant, he said with great smugness. Frye will be more successful in Seattle than ever before, the SuperSonics will not go anywhere, and you will be a footnote to this legend just like MJ did back then! ”

The two parted on an unhappy note, and in terms of the atmosphere after the game, the relationship between the managers was far more tense than between the players.

Yu Fei shook hands with Kobe Bryant and said something to Kidd, "The Lakers lost tonight because your offense is so bad."

Kidd was speechless.

After walking into the tunnel, Bryant said, "If we want to beat Seattle, we need a better inside." ”

Is Bynum not good enough?

Kidd knows the crux of the matter better than Bryant.

Yu Fei, who chose to transform in supersonic speed, has begun to become a super third position integrating offense and defense, and he is definitely the first in the league in terms of individual offensive and defensive impact.

But damn it, such a powerful Yu Fei is also accompanied by Brandon Roy, who averages 20+5+6 per game.

The strength of the supersonic outside line is the first in the Coalition Break Level.

The Lakers only have Kobe Bryant who can match the intensity, and Kidd is all-round in comparison, but many of his impacts are not reflected in the data, and against the SuperSonics, they need a star that can be reflected in the data, a star like Kobe Bryant who can really bring impact.

Player tunnel

Yu Fei walked leisurely with Roy and Brown.

I followed the film crew and filmed them chatting casually.

"Fry, you don't give Jason face so much, won't there be a problem with the national team meeting in the future?"

"I don't have a problem." Yu Fei said calmly, "When I'm okay, Jason won't have any problems." ”

Brown chimed in: "That's right, he'll understand that Da Fei is joking when he's a friend, if it's LeBron, hee-hee..."

"What happened to LeBron?" Roy said, "Even if it's LeBron, Frye can joke." ”

"That's right, Big Fly will stomp LeBron to the ground and make a vicious joke..."

Yu Fei and his entourage met Adam Xiao Hua and a group of staff from the league office outside the locker room.

"Fry, you played a good game." Xiao Hua was like a reporter, and what he said made Yu Fei scratch his head. "Congratulations on your home win."

Yu Fei nodded, but he wanted to know what else was behind Xiao Hua's words.

"Can we borrow a step, Fry?"

Xiao Hua said with a look of goodwill.

Yu Fei doesn't have a good impression of Xiao Hua, but although he is not in the position now, he is already the main candidate for the next president.

He has a lot of inside information, and he suddenly came to Seattle tonight, presumably not purely for the NBA entertainment department's film crew.

The supersonic relocation process was paused because of his arrival, and Yu Fei wanted to know if the situation had changed.

Therefore, Yu Fei and Xiao Hua came to the restaurant outside the stadium.

"What can I say straight." Yu Fei asked bluntly.

Xiao Hua smiled faintly: "Fry, I like your directness. ”

"Seattle has been the focal point of Northwest basketball since 2005 and the center of the league's work."

In 2005? If Yu Fei remembers correctly, it was the first time Schultz Howard publicly applied for government financing to build a new arena — he was of course rejected, and then the league stepped in, and Stern went to the Emerald City to stand up for the coffee king, but it still didn't work.

"I wonder if the focus has changed." Yu Fei said, you still want the supersonic to leave, or..."

"Don't worry, Fry, I promise you'll get an answer. But hear me out first. ”

Give Yu Fei another hundred years, and he can't get used to Xiao Hua's tone of speech, just like Concubine Hua (Jiang Xin) in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the tone of tone makes people just want to throw the remote control in her face.

It's a pity that Yu Fei doesn't have a remote control in his hand, but there are knives and forks on the plate in front of him.

What is certain is that throwing these two things in Xiao Hua's face will definitely be more enjoyable than throwing the remote control.

But forget it, he is a decent and civilized person, how can he do such a thing?

"We tried everything we could in the Schultz Howard era, but in the end, Seattle refused to support the NBA. They can build flashy stadiums for the Mariners and Seahawks, but what about the NBA? No, even if the SuperSonics have won the championship, even if this team has made the Northwesterners proud, they are still unwilling to pay for it. We can accept this outcome, but we will also make our own decisions for the sake of survival. ”

Need to survive? Does it mean that the team is casually messing around with the big ball market, and the fans really don't buy it, and as a result, they have to move the team away if they break the defense?

"We need a typical case to wake up to other major NBA cities." Xiao Hua said. "If even a city like Seattle is going to lose a team because it doesn't support a team, then your city is going to be at the same risk. Thus, a plan was born, Schultz was going to sell the team to outsiders, and everyone who followed basketball knew that from that moment on, the SuperSonics were destined to leave. ”

"All of Clay Bennett's promises that he would keep the team in Seattle were lies, and the plan was that he would give Seattle two years to accept it, and then make some superficial efforts, such as proposing to the city to build the most luxurious arena in the worst area, which would cost about $600 million, but the city would definitely not agree, and then he could logically move forward with his relocation plan." Xiao Hua's vampire-like eyes flashed with coldness. "We're pretty close to the last step."

(End of chapter)