warrior godfather

Chapter 285 Magic Tradition
After Zhang Yu finished his speech, the applause, screams, and cheers in the Oracle Arena lasted for 3 minutes. Even if the Warriors left the stadium, the fans were unwilling to disperse, and the shouts of "warrior" echoed endlessly , After getting out of the stadium, some excited fans gathered outside the arena and did not leave until late at night.

After returning to the locker room, the Warriors naturally celebrated again, but today many relatives and friends of the players and assistant coaches came to the Oracle Center to watch the game. Zhang Yu did not delay too long. After announcing that tomorrow will be a day off, everyone cheered and scattered And went.

After Zhang Yu bid farewell to everyone, he found Stevens, Mark Baum and others, and took them back to his home. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, everyone gathered until late at night, and returned to their respective rooms after being exhausted. go to sleep.

Zhang Yu called Zhang Haijun and Li Yinghua many times before, trying to persuade them to come to the United States to watch the Warriors game live, but each time they were firmly rejected by the two. Li Yinghua bluntly said that she never wanted to come to the United States and could not understand anything. , I don’t understand, even Chinatown is a group of people who speak Lingnan dialect, especially uncomfortable, Zhang Yu had no choice but to give up in the end.

The next day, Zhang Yu didn't wake up from sleep until eleven o'clock in the morning. After washing up, she came to the first floor and saw Rosie and Stevens' wife Trish sitting on the sofa chatting.

The two are very familiar with Zhang Yu. Before Mark Baum was out at night, Zhang Yu covered him many times, but Rosie knew that he would not go to the nightclub with her husband, and understood that Mark Baum just wanted to seek some freedom. Space, is not dissatisfied with Zhang Yu, but often asks Zhang Yu about the whereabouts of Mark Baum, and Zhang Yu often hints in a subtle way, which earns Rosie's trust.

Zhang Yu and Tracy are even more acquainted. Tracy's cooking skills are excellent. When Zhang Yu didn't want to cook and was tired of eating at the restaurant at Butler University, he had the cheek to go to Stevens' house to have a meal with Tracy. The relationship is very good.

Seeing Zhang Yu with a tired face, Tracy pretended to complain:

"Ronan, you're finally up. Rosie and I wanted to make breakfast just now, but Ms. Tina said that she must ask your permission before she dares to let guests into the kitchen."

Zhang Yu raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said with a broken smile:
"It's 11:28 now, why don't you have breakfast? Later, I'll invite you to the Mission District for dinner. There's a newly opened Mexican restaurant there, and the reputation is very good."

"Ronan, are you trying to be lazy? It's all at your house, and you want us to eat Mexican food? You have to cook us Chinese food today, and Tracy and Rosie will help you." Stevens' voice changed from Passed down from the second floor.

The three of Zhang Yu looked up and saw Stevens walking down slowly in a slightly messy T-shirt. Behind him was Mark Baum, who was meticulously wearing a shirt—even if he was in his own home, he would keep Clean and tidy, let alone in a guest's home.

He followed behind Stevens, walked all the way in front of Zhang Yu, patted his forearm, and jokingly said:
"Cook obediently at noon, big coach, do you still need to vote?"

Zhang Yu helplessly spread his hands:

"Okay, what do you want to eat?"

"Just before we ate, when we went to Huaxia, you invited the Mapo I ate to secretly, and there was a long stew." Mark Baum said solemnly, and after seeing Zhang Yu's face change in an instant, he laughed and said, " Just kidding, do what you are good at, Lajiao Pork and Sliced ​​Eggs are good."

Zhang Yu nodded angrily:

"Okay, I'll do it! Tina, I'll write down the ingredients I need later, and I'll trouble you to make a trip... Also, Mark, your Chinese is too bad, so don't report the name of the dish in Chinese in front of me in the future !"

Tina quickly went out to buy the ingredients. With the help of Rosie and Tracy, Zhang Yu quickly cooked some home-cooked dishes. The children of Stevens and Mark Baum's family liked scrambled eggs with tomatoes very much. dish, and Mark Baum is a big fan of tofu, even the simple tofu stew with cabbage.

After dinner, with Tina as the guide, Tracy and Rosie went shopping with a few children, while Zhang Yu drank coffee and chatted with Mark Baum and Stevens on the rooftop, and then went down to the first floor Watching the game in the living room.

There are only three playoff games today. In order to maximize the ratings, the league staggered the time of all three games. At 3:6 in the afternoon, the Magic and the Eagles played G[-] first.

The Magic and the Eagles rank fourth and fifth in the Eastern Conference. The previous series had a big score of 3:2, but it is different from the situation in the Western Warriors and Thunder series. The fifth-ranked Eagles are in the lead.

Amidst the chatter and laughter of the three, the game began.

This game is a life-and-death battle for the Magic, and it is the same for the Eagles. If they are dragged back to the home tiebreaker by the Magic, the Eagles will be in danger. Their determination to solve the series at home is very firm.

The two teams fell into head-to-head hand-to-hand combat from the very beginning, and the intensity was quickly ramped up. Almost every move was on the verge of fouling, never allowing the opponent to have a chance to score smoothly, and the smell of gunpowder quickly became strong.

This kind of game is very substituting for fans of both sides, but neutral fans will only feel bored.

The attention of the three of them turned away from the current game and turned to chatting about the situation of the playoffs.

Stevens is more concerned about the situation in the East:
"There is no suspense for the Celtics and the Heat to win..."

Zhang Yu nodded and smiled:
"Yeah, their dominance in the east is the same as our dominance in the west."

The two looked at him contemptuously, and Zhang Yu said confidently:
"In the first four in the West, only we ended the series 4:1. The Lakers and Mavericks lost one more game than us, and have not yet reached the next round. The Spurs are 2:3 behind, and even got hacked. Eight possibilities, we are the strong team in the Western Conference."

"Hehe, how dare you call yourself a strong team if you don't make it to the Western Conference Finals?" Stevens teased, but then he sighed, "Not to mention, you guys really have hope of making it to the Western Conference Finals this year, after all, your opponents in the next round are very It might be the Grizzlies, they are much easier to play than the Spurs... Who would have thought that the Grizzlies would have the strength of Heiba, Ronan, you are so lucky."

"That's because you don't pay attention to the Grizzlies. Their strength is not bad. I study the videos of these western teams every day. Let me tell you, maybe many head coaches don't understand the strength, strengths and weaknesses of his team without me. .” Zhang Yu smiled slightly.

Mark Baum smiled, put his hands on Zhang Yu's back, and said with emotion:
"Ronan, I have to be honest. When I helped you buy the Warriors, I thought you were out of your mind. Instead of making good investments, you insisted on disturbing the muddy waters of the NBA. Running a team in the NBA is a completely different matter, especially the issue of your skin color and nationality-the United States, an immigrant country of XX, shouts the slogan of freedom and equality the loudest, but in fact racial discrimination is the most serious, but you only use In two years, he led the Warriors to the second round of the playoffs, and even hoped to reach the Western Conference finals, which is amazing, Ronan, very amazing!"

Zhang Yu smiled, picked up a can of Coke on the table, drank it down, and calmly accepted Mark Baum's praise.

Mark Baum sighed again, and said:
"To be honest, the Bulls are very strong this year, but the Pacers only won one game. I had hoped that the Bulls might give the Pacers a chance because they were young and inexperienced, but the Pacers were swept away by Gentleman. Hey... …I watched all five games, and the Bulls were so tough defensively, honestly, Ronan, I felt like they were tougher than the Warriors.”

Zhang Yu nodded in agreement:

"You're right, the Bulls' defense is very strong, Thibodeau's ability to train the defense is there, and the Bulls' players have played together for longer time, have more veterans, it is normal to be stronger than the Warriors' defense, but wait for Delaware When Mond, Clay, and Jimmy have grown up completely, it will be different."

Stevens interjected:
"That will have to wait until two years later. An offseason is too short. The Warriors need at least two seasons to grow."

"An offseason is too short?" Zhang Yu glanced at Stevens and smiled meaningfully, "Brad, that's not necessarily the case, don't forget, this summer, the old labor agreement will expire gone."

"You mean, the league will be suspended next season?" Mark Baum asked.

"Ronan, do you have inside information?" Stevens also looked over, his eyes full of curiosity.

Stevens is the head coach of the NCAA, not someone in the NBA circle. Although Mark Baum is a minority shareholder of the Warriors, the purpose of his investment is to help Zhang Yu complete the acquisition, which is not good for the team's operation and management. They don't ask, so the two don't know anything about the internal news of the alliance.

"No." Zhang Yu shook his head.

"Tch..." Stevens gave him a contemptuous look.

Zhang Yu explained:
"There will be no suspension next season, but it will definitely be a shortened season. You can refer to 99 for the specific situation."

Mark Baum pointed at Zhang Yu and scolded with a smile:

"Okay, you are so sure, how dare you say you have no inside information!"

"Really not, believe it or not." Zhang Yu spread his hands.

Stevens shrugged and said nonchalantly:

"Shortening the season has nothing to do with me. I hope the NBA can be suspended so that more people can watch NCAA games."

Zhang Yu raised the Coke can to him and asked:
"Hey, Brad, is this year's team recruiting going well?"

Stevens' face sank a little, shook his head and said:
"It's not good, it's not that there are no students, but compared with the top schools like Duke, North Carolina, and USLA, Butler's level is still lower. The top talents will not come, but our goal is to compete for the championship. , needs geniuses, and I look down on ordinary high school students, which has caused the current situation where the team's enrollment is not going up or down."

Zhang Yu pondered for a while. He understood Stevens' thoughts. After he left, the Bulldogs have lost to the Finals and the Final Four in the past two years. Although the Bulldogs fans are also very satisfied with such results, but With Zhang Yu's two consecutive championships ahead, Stevens must want to prove himself.

He carefully recalled the rookies of the next two seasons, saying:
"I do have a few candidates who are more optimistic, but not so famous, you can go and investigate."

Stevens' eyes lit up, he moved his body towards Zhang Yu, and asked:

"Let's talk about it. You have always been very accurate in seeing players. It's best to discover a second Stephen."

Zhang Yu smiled:
"There is only one Stephen, but there are many good players ... Ben McLemore in Texas, Spencer Dinwiddie in California, Larry Nance Jr. in Ohio, Cody Zeller in Washington are all strong Players who are higher than fame, that's all I can think of for the time being."

Stevens nodded slowly, as if lost in thought, murmured:

"I know Cody Zeller. He will come to Butler for trial training soon. I don't know much about the others... Wait a minute, I'll get a paper note."

He waved to Zhang Yu, walked quickly back to his room, took out a notebook, asked Zhang Yu again about the information about those high school students, and recorded all of them in detail.

While the three were chatting, the game between the Eagles and the Magic also came to an end. After the two teams had a crazy fight, the Eagles still had the last laugh.

Although their team's shooting percentage is not even 36%, but they have a 14% three-point shooting percentage, and they have 10 offensive rebounds, completely suppressing the Magic, and they have taken [-] more shots than the opponent!
But even so, the Eagles only narrowly beat the Magic by 84 points 81:3.

They couldn't deal with Howard at all. Warcraft showed great power in the audience, shooting 14 of 8 shots, 12 of 9 free throws, scoring 25 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal, including 5 offensive rebounds, dominating both offense and defense , Even the free throws have a 75% hit rate, and his performance is impeccable.

But when Howard killed the Quartet, the Eagles dominated his teammates. Except for Howard, only Turkoglu and Nelson scored 15 points and 11 points respectively in the Magic. People score in double figures, bloom more points, and are full of vitality. Warcraft's two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and they can only be defeated in the end.

Looking at Howard's extremely frustrated body language on the screen, Mark Baum sneered:
"The Magic are really interesting. They have given Howard such a bad lineup and threatened to compete for the championship. Are their management crazy?"

Stevens also smiled sarcastically and said:

"This is the tradition of the Magic. As long as they cultivate a top center, they will immediately turn against him. No one knows why this team is so persistent in underestimating its core center."

Zhang Yu opened a new can of Coke, took a big gulp, let out a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile;
"They will get the punishment they deserve. After being eliminated in the first round this year, Howard should no longer be able to tolerate the incompetent management of the Magic."

"Where do you think he's going?" Stevens asked curiously.

Zhang Yu put down the Coke and spread his hands:

"I don't know, but I guess it's the Lakers."

"The Lakers? Impossible, the Lakers already have Gasol." Mark Baum retorted.

Zhang Yu smiled slightly:
"Who knows, the Magic have a tradition of sending top-level centers to the Lakers. Let's wait and see."

(End of this chapter)