warrior godfather

Chapter 332 He has crossed the line! (6000 words)
After the red light came on, the Heat players did not exchange greetings with the Warriors players like they did when they were a guest at the Oracle Center last season. They did not even look at the Warriors players on the opposite side, and they left the court and walked towards the players. aisle.

Only Zhang Yu and Spoelstra shook hands, and Spoelstra said seriously:

"Ronan, I hope you can give me an explanation. Green's action is very dangerous. He is aiming at LeBron. Such an action should not appear on the court!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows, turned his head, pointed at the Warriors bench, and said to Spoelstra:
"Eric, did you see that? Kawhi is a great guy who plays hard and never causes trouble, but he got elbowed hard. Do you think this kind of action should appear on the court? ?”

Spoelstra's face became a little embarrassed, but of course he couldn't blame his players in front of Zhang Yu, especially when the player was still James, he could only shake his head and say:
"No one wants to see such a thing happen. I hope there will be no more accidents on the court in the future."

Zhang Yu nodded in agreement:

"Of course, the Warriors have never had the habit of actively hurting people."

He purposely puts the stress on the word "initiative."

Spoelstra was silent. He understood Zhang Yu's meaning. He also knew that Leonard got an elbow and was called for a blocking foul. He was very innocent. He didn't want his team to win the game in this way.

But many things are beyond Spoelstra's control. Although he is the head coach of the Heat, he does not have absolute control over the team like Zhang Yu. As a superstar, James does not need to go through what he wants to do. he agrees.

Zhang Yu glanced at him, seemed to understand his difficulties, and said in a deep voice:
"Of course, Eric, I also know that this incident was not at your behest. You are a decent coach. I just hope that after you go back, you can remind your players to respect the game and speak with basketball. .”

Spoelstra gave a wry smile and nodded:

"I try my best."

……

At the press conference after the game, the Heat, as the losers, took the lead in being interviewed by reporters.

James did not attend the press conference due to his left eye injury, and Spoelstra brought Bosh and Wade to the interview booth.

The focus of this game is naturally Green's first-level flagrant foul on James. The reporter's questions also revolved around this incident. The first person to be interviewed was Wade:
"Dwayne, what do you think of Green's foul on LeBron? Are you satisfied with the referee's decision?"

Wade looked down at the note that the PR gave him, thought about it, and said:

"Obviously, it was an unnecessary basketball action. Fortunately, LeBron was not seriously injured. I think the referee's penalty was correct. It was a flagrant foul. Such actions should not occur on the court. Green like this Behavior must be condemned and I hope he realizes his mistake and controls his actions."

His answer was impeccable, expressing his dissatisfaction with the criminal Green, but also not expressing too much emotion.

The reporter asked a few more questions, and Wade's answers were very official. They found that they couldn't dig out valuable news from Wade, so they put their energy on the second interviewed Bosh:

"Chris, when LeBron was injured and fell to the ground, you rushed to Green at the first time. Can you talk about your mood and thoughts at that time? What do you think of Green's foul? Are you satisfied with the referee's decision?"

Bosh was not as calm as Wade. He didn't even read the note that the publicist gave him, and said angrily:

"He broke the code! It was a very nasty move. I'm not happy with the referee's call. Green should be ejected. He hurt LeBron's eye. He is a dirty court. douchebag!"

He paused, and then said very dissatisfied:
"After LeBron was injured, all I could think about was protecting LeBron from getting hurt. I don't understand why the referee gave me a technical foul. Is it wrong to protect my brother on the court? Look at Green , He obviously hurt someone, but he can still stay on the court to play, but LeBron can only go back to the locker room for inspection, this is not fair, Green did not pay enough price!"

The reporters' eyes lit up, and a reporter from the "San Francisco Chronicle" asked:
"In the middle of the third quarter, Kawhi Leonard was elbowed by LeBron and called for a blocking foul. What do you think of this penalty?"

Bosh said without hesitation:
"It was an accident. Since the referee whistled for Leonard's blocking foul, there must have been a problem with his defensive positioning, blocking LeBron's normal breakthrough route, and LeBron's breakthrough has a strong impact, so He was just accidentally brought down by LeBron, but he came back to the court very quickly, and hopefully he learns his lesson, picks his defensive positions, and there will be no more accidents like this."

The reporter asked:

"So you think James' elbow is a normal action?"

Bosh looked stagnant, and said vaguely:
"You know, LeBron has never been a dirty player. He definitely didn't mean to hurt Leonard on purpose. He just treated the game with the most focused attitude and played tough. It is impossible to prevent accidents on the basketball court. Situations happen, when you want to put a confrontation on the opponent, it's inevitable that things like that will happen."

Another reporter asked:
"After Kawhi Leonard got hurt midway through the third quarter, and LeBron got poked in the eye by Draymond Green late in the third quarter, do you think there's a connection between those two things?"

Bosh nodded heavily:

"This is obvious. The Warriors were dissatisfied with the referee's penalty and then retaliated against LeBron. Green's action was directed at LeBron!"

Finally, the reporter asked Spoelstra this question, and Spoelstra answered more officially than Wade:
"I communicated with Ronan about this matter. It was just an accident. I hope that this kind of thing will not happen again on the court in the future. Everyone can focus on the game."

……

After the Heat, it was the Warriors' turn to be interviewed, and Curry was also asked this question, but like in the previous interviews, he answered the questions seamlessly, preventing reporters from getting any valuable news from him.

After Curry walked out of the news room, Zhang Yu, who was waiting outside the door, silently recited the content of the Heat interview he heard from the publicist just now, walked in briskly, sat down on the interview booth, smiled, and glanced at the crowd Reporter, the mood seems to be very comfortable.

The reporters’ eyes lit up, and they couldn’t wait to ask questions:
"Ronan, what do you think of Draymond Green's flagrant foul on LeBron James at the end of the third quarter?"

Based on what they know about Zhang Yu, he will definitely give a very explosive answer about Green's crime.

Zhang Yu shook his head and said in a very regretful tone:

"It was an accident, you know, Drummond has never been a dirty player, he definitely didn't mean to hurt LeBron on purpose, he just treated the game with the most focused attitude and played tougher. It’s impossible to prevent accidents from happening on the basketball court, and when you try to put pressure on the opponent, it’s inevitable that things like this will happen.”

After he finished speaking, the reporters looked at each other in blank dismay. Why do these words sound so familiar?
"This...is this what Bosh said when he answered the question just now?" A reporter asked with some uncertainty.

Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows, pretending to be surprised and said:
"Really? It seems that I have the same opinion as Chris, and he also views Green's foul this way?"

"No, this is his opinion on the round that LeBron caused a blocking foul on Kawhi Leonard. He thought Green's move was very dirty and was an intentional hurtful move."

Zhang Yu frowned:

"In my opinion, Drummond and LeBron are the same person, they are both very tough, they are not intentionally hurt players, Kawhi and LeBron's injuries are the same thing, I don't know why Chris would think so."

"He thinks Draymond Green's malicious foul is an act of revenge for Kawhi Leonard's elbow." The reporter reminded.

Hearing this, Zhang Yu stretched his brows and smiled slightly:
"I feel sorry for both Kawhi and LeBron's accidents, but just because they were both injured, the two injuries cannot be connected. Since Kawhi can have an accident, LeBron must have an accident. The possibility. Although he was not called a flagrant foul for the elbow on Kawhi, the call can be biased, basketball doesn’t lie, and it turns out that accidents can happen to everyone.”

"You mean, LeBron James' flagrant foul wasn't blown, and the 'accident' happened to him?"

Zhang Yu shrugged:

"Who knows? There must be a cause and an effect. Maybe it was LeBron's 'tough' performance that was not called a foul, which inspired Drummond's fighting spirit, and he unconsciously relaxed his control over his actions. I will definitely go back Warn Drummond, let him pay attention to protecting his opponent during the game, and control his movements."

The reporters suddenly became excited, Coach Z had something to say!
Everyone raised their hands in unison, wanting to continue asking questions, but Zhang Yu didn't satisfy their curiosity. He smiled slightly, waved to the eager reporters, stood up, and left the news room.

……

In the Warriors locker room, the players took a bath one after another, changed their clothes, packed their things, and got together with their teammates, talking and laughing.

The consecutive victories have made the Warriors' team atmosphere very harmonious and harmonious. Today's big victory over the Heat, which is second in the league, is the icing on the cake for this fiery atmosphere.

pat.

At this time, the door of the locker room was pushed open, and Zhang Yu, who had finished the interview, walked in.

He nodded to Silas, Ron Adams and Bruce who were gathered next to him, came to everyone, clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said:
"Everyone performed very well today, go home early to rest, and attend the video class on time at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and start training in the afternoon!"

"Yes!"

"Boss, I love you!"

Everyone let out a strange exclamation of excitement, Zhang Yu shook his head and laughed, and waved his hand, indicating that they could leave.

Just after the game ended, when the Warriors returned to the locker room, Zhang Yu made a brief summary of tonight's game. The detailed replay will wait until tomorrow morning's training session, so there is no need to say anything more now.

Subsequently, the Warriors players left the locker room one after another.

After everyone was almost gone, Leonard got up from his seat, came to Zhang Yu's side, bent slightly to strengthen his body, and said very sincerely:
"Thank you, coach."

Zhang Yu raised his head slightly, met Leonard's gaze, and said with a smile:
"I arranged for you to guard James, and you have completed the task I gave you very well. Due to some off-court factors, you were injured. Of course, I can't just sit idly by. Since James is not restrained under the bias of the referee, Then I have to remind him what the right way to play is!"

Leonard nodded heavily:
"Coach, I didn't guard James this time. Next time, I will definitely limit his scoring."

Zhang Yu patted him and pushed him out the door:

"Okay, let's go home early. We won't meet the Heat in the regular season. If you want to face James again, you have to wait until the finals or next season."

"Then we'll make it to the finals, and then I'll defend him!" Leonard said.

Zhang Yu smiled lightly and said:
"I also want to reach the finals, but if you really want to play the finals with the Heat, you have to ask Jimmy to see if he agrees to give up the starting position. The rotation logic of the series is completely different from the regular season."

"I know, my current offense is not good enough, but I will train well..."

……

After sending Leonard away, Zhang Yu looked around and found that only Green was still playing with his mobile phone on the seat, and did not leave, but his eyes drifted to Zhang Yu's side from time to time.

"Drummond, what are you pretending to do, come here!" Zhang Yu shouted at him.

Green immediately put away his phone and walked towards Zhang Yu.

"How do you know I have something to tell you?" Zhang Yu asked.

Green scratched his head and grinned:
"Coach, you have arranged a 'task' for me, of course you will not ignore me after I complete the 'task'."

Zhang Yu shook his head and laughed, pointed at Green, and shook his fingers twice:
"Drummond, I'm not mistaken, you not only have a high golf quotient, but also a high emotional intelligence."

Green kept smiling, but didn't speak, just looked at Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu straightened his expression and said:

"You did a good job today, if I let you continue to play such a 'villain' role in the future, would you be willing?"

Green nodded without hesitation and said:

"Of course! Coach, I grew up in Michigan. I have tough blood in my veins. I will do whatever you want me to do!"

Zhang Yu nodded with satisfaction:

"Very good, don't worry, I won't let you cripple people. Your task is the same as today, which is to give him a ruthless blow when someone takes advantage of the referee's favor, makes unscrupulous actions, or intentionally hurts others or plots against others. , Let him understand that the Warriors players are not something he can move! I just want a relatively fair game environment, not winning by unscrupulous means, do you understand?"

Green nodded heavily:

"I know what to do, coach, what I have to do is to escort Stephen and Clay, but I don't have to 'take the initiative', and I have to be measured, right?"

"That's right, that's it!" Zhang Yu looked at Green with admiration in his eyes, and smiled, "As a young team, if we want to go further, we must make those old fritters 'scared', They only bully the weak and fear the strong, and you are the tough guy I like."

Green said solemnly:
"Coach, leave this matter to me. With me here, no one dares to act recklessly against Stephen and the others!"

"Ding……"

At this moment, Zhang Yu's mobile phone rang. Zhang Yu took out the mobile phone to look at it, nodded to Green, and said:

"That's it, go home early and rest, and remember to attend the training session on time tomorrow morning."

After Green left, he walked to the side, put the phone to his ear, and said:
"David, it's so late, what can I do?"

An old and gentle voice came from the phone:

"Ronan, I watched your game against the Heat, was Kawhi seriously injured?"

Zhang Yu smiled and said:

"He's fine, and he'd be flattered to know that the commissioner cares so much about his injury."

It was NBA Chairman David Stern who called Zhang Yu.

The relationship between him and Zhang Yu is not far or close, but after Zhang Yu bought the Warriors, he came to the Warriors to watch a few games, had dinner with Zhang Yu twice, and discussed labor negotiations and the China market together. close friendship.

Zhang Yu was a little surprised when he called suddenly, and he couldn't help but testify.

"Hehe," David Stern on the other end of the phone chuckled and explained, "The game between you and the Heat is very hot. NBA fans all over the world are paying attention to this game. If a player is injured, of course I To inquire about the situation, I just reached out to Pat Riley -- you know, he doesn't have to do postgame interviews -- and he asked me to pass on my apologies to Kawhi, LeBron didn't mean to."

Zhang Yu narrowed his eyes and said slowly:
"Really? I just said goodbye to my players. I haven't had time to understand the ratings of this game. I thought no one would care about our game against the Heat! It seems that I blamed Derek Stafford by mistake. , in order to let the fans all over the world enjoy an anxious and fierce game, he worked hard with good intentions."

After he finished speaking, David Stern was silent for a moment before saying:
"He did go too far. I will report this matter to the referee committee... Are you going to play Magic in the next game?"

"That's right." Zhang Yu nodded.

David Stern paused and said:

"Ronan, you also know that the lockout has caused a lot of damage to the league. Tonight's game against the Heat is the hottest game since the start of the game. Derek Stafford also had to do it, not Deliberately targeting the Warriors, the sacrifice of the Warriors, the alliance is aware of it, and will definitely make compensation."

Zhang Yu said lightly:
"David, I just want a relatively fair playing environment, especially in the Oracle Center. The Warriors can have no home court advantage, but they must not have a home court disadvantage!"

"No problem, nothing like this will ever happen again." David Stern said without hesitation.

Hearing this, Zhang Yu finally showed a smile on his face:

"By the way, you just said, Pat Lelito, would you like to convey your apology?"

"Yes, no one wants to see an injury happen. Kawhi is a rookie with great potential. LeBron's actions are a bit too much, but he is unintentional. Derek Stafford may not have noticed. I will let the referee committee impose additional punishment on him." David Stern said in a gentle tone.

Zhang Yu said sincerely:
"It's nothing. Kawhi is still young. It's okay to get two elbows. Drummond is a little angry today. He has a good relationship with Kawhi. When he saw Kawhi injured, his brain became hot and he couldn't control it. For my own actions, I will punish him internally when I look back."

Zhang Yu paused, and said with a little distress:
"It's just that Drummond is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, and has a good relationship with his teammates. If he sees his teammates injured in the future, I can't guarantee that he will be able to control his emotions."

"You mean, as long as a Warrior player is injured, he will make aggressive moves on the court?" David Stern asked softly.

Zhang Yu smiled lightly and said:
"Of course not. As long as you play on the court, you may be injured, but there is a difference between an injury and an injury. If a Warriors player is injured due to some off-court factors, Drummond may become more emotional. And his role to the team is very important-you should know that Drummond got a triple-double today, with both offense and defense. He can be punished after the fact."

After he finished speaking, David Stern was silent for a while before saying:

"I see, don't worry, I will remind other teams to avoid stimulating Drummond's emotions as much as possible. It's getting late, so I won't bother you. When you come to New York, if you have time, we will see you." On the one hand, let’s talk about opening up the Chinese market.”

"Okay, David, I'll contact you later." Zhang Yu responded.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yu put down the phone, looked down at the name "David Stern" on the screen, and murmured:

"This old fox..."

David Stern called him suddenly and talked a lot, with only one purpose, which was to tell Zhang Yu that sending players in the team to foul maliciously to express dissatisfaction with the penalty should not be done again in the future. In particular, you can't start with the stars.

He mentioned the popularity of this game and the "post-match interview" to tell Zhang Yu that he knew the hidden meaning in Zhang Yu's answer, but the heat of this game was too high, and the league must quickly recover its popularity after the suspension. Germany's preference for the Heat is only an expedient measure. Let Zhang Yu be considerate, and the league will make compensations in subsequent games.

And Zhang Yu was also tit-for-tat, saying that a fair home court penalty environment is his bottom line. No matter who the opponent is, the Warriors cannot have a "home court disadvantage" just because they are strong and have a lot of leads.

David Stern compromised, and immediately asked Zhang Yu for a guarantee that Green would not hurt people like this again in the future.

Zhang Yu also immediately stated that as long as the opponent does not intentionally injure others, or the Warriors players are not injured because the referee favors the opponent, Green will never take the initiative to injure others.

David Stern promised that this kind of thing would not happen again, and finally mentioned the matter of opening up the Chinese market, expressing his goodwill to Zhang Yu.

After all, the Warriors are the team with the most Chinese elements in the league. If the league further intensifies its efforts to develop the Chinese market, the Warriors will definitely benefit the most.

When Zhang Yu's thoughts were surging, he sorted out the conversation between him and David Stern, and after confirming that there were no omissions, Rick Wertz came over:
"Ronan, there is something I need to discuss with you."

　Ask for a monthly ticket, a recommended ticket~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)