warrior godfather

Chapter 656

On the second day after the end of G1 between the Warriors and Cavaliers, public opinion on the Internet continued to ferment.

The Warriors fans were ecstatic with the victory, and began to seriously discuss Curry's historical status after the four championships, and the final ownership of fmvp.

The Cavaliers fans were devastated by the defeat. They criticized Director Lu, who flanked Curry, for scoring only 11 points. Love, who couldn't beat Leonard and Clay, criticized Irving, who only scored 22 points. , and even criticized James, who played against Leonard and allowed him to score 37 points.

The neutral fans were shocked by the strength of the Warriors. Zhang Yu's speech at the press conference after the game was no longer arrogant, but domineering and confident.

At this time, Zhang Yu found Mark Baum.

As usual, after the Pacers were eliminated in the playoffs, Mark Baum watched the Warriors' playoffs as long as he had time, and the finals were never lost.

Yesterday, he was sitting next to the Warriors bench. He witnessed the bloodbath of the Warriors on the Cavaliers, and he was in a great mood.

Today, Mark Baum came to Zhang Yu's office, walked in the door and asked with a smile:

"Ronan, you're not planning for the next match, what can you do with me?"

He knew Zhang Yu's habit. Unless it was the interval between two rounds of the series, he would concentrate on the game and rarely get distracted.

Zhang Yu said:

"I have nothing to prepare. Yesterday's game has no reference value. The Cavaliers played too badly, and I can't see anything."

"Haha, yes, who would have thought that the Cavaliers were also the team that made it to the Finals, and they lost by 30 points in the end, which is really satisfying. Who told them to eliminate the Pacers..." Mark Baum still can't forget the first round of the Cavaliers The "grudge" of eliminating the Pacers, he said with great relief.

Zhang Yu smiled and listened to Mark Baum scolding the knight for a while, and after he gradually calmed down, he said:

"The Cavaliers have nothing to worry about. I'm sure about this championship. I'm looking for you today because I need your help for another matter."

"What's up?" Mark Baum asked.

Zhang Yu explained:
"It's nothing serious. I need you to contact the Internet companies we invested in China again. Don't let go of the hype for the finals, especially about my post-match remarks. Now I'm in the center of traffic, which is also beneficial to them... "

Mark Baum was stunned:

"Hype? Why? You want to be an Internet celebrity?"

Zhang Yu smiled slightly:
"You just let them hype, it shouldn't be a difficult task... By the way, the core of the hype must be that I am the NBA No. 1 coach, and I am the only owner and head coach of the league. What my compatriots like most is to score high and compete, and strive to be the first in everything, especially in the field of sports, this cannot be sloppy, otherwise the effect will be much worse."

"Number 1 handsome? Didn't expect you to be so narcissistic?" Mark Baum marveled.

"Aren't I?" Zhang Yu said confidently.

"Popovich is a quadruple!" Mark Baum retorted.

Zhang Yu smiled:
"Hehe, it took him nearly 10 years to win four championships, and I'm about to win the fourth championship, but it only took seven years to break the Bulls' record in the regular season. How could he compete with me? Compare?"

"This...well, you won." Mark Baum didn't consider the possibility of Zhang Yu's fourth championship this year, and asked instead, "But why are you suddenly becoming an Internet celebrity? Are you in Huaxia? It is already well known among basketball fans, so there is no need to expand its popularity, right?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yu restrained the smile on his face, and said seriously:
"China's basketball fans do know me, but there are more than one billion people in China, and there are many non-basketball fans. I want to attract more people to watch the Warriors and watch the NBA."

Mark Baum frowned and said:
"Why? You know, our basic market is the Bay Area. After the Datong Center is completed, commercial income will naturally continue to grow. The most important thing is that our commercial contracts with Huaxia Enterprises have been fully signed, and this is If there are marginal benefits, even if the popularity of the Warriors in China is doubled, the commercial income will not increase too much, so why bother to spend so much effort on marketing and hype in China?"

In a few words, Mark Baum pointed out the commercial unreasonability of Zhang Yu's move, but Zhang Yu was well prepared and explained:
"You're right, doing so won't do much good for the Warriors, but I'm not doing it for the Warriors' commercial income in China. I have a plan..."

When Zhang Yu spoke eloquently, Mark Baum listened carefully, and his expression gradually became serious. After Zhang Yu finished speaking, there was no smile on his face, and his expression was extremely dignified.

Zhang Yu spoke so dryly that he picked up the water glass and drank a big mouthful of water.

Mark Baum frowned and said:
"Ronan, your plan sounds a bit whimsical, but when you think about it carefully, it's not impossible... It's just that there are too many things involved in it, are you sure?"

Zhang Yu put down the water glass and smiled:

"How do you know if you don't try? Even if it doesn't work, we won't lose anything, but if it works...it will be completely different."

Mark Baum's frown gradually relaxed:
"Okay, let's give it a try. It's nothing more than an alternative investment. We can even short subprime loans, the yen, and the hryvnia. What's so difficult about it?"

Zhang Yu laughed:
"Well said! Then I will trouble you during this period of time. You must make good use of this finals and try your best to attract new fans in China."

Mark Baum said seriously:
"Don't worry, I will try my best to make all the young people in China become interested in the NBA!"

……

6 month 6 day.

Two days later, the Warriors and Cavaliers played their second game at the Chase Center.

The G1 Cavaliers lost too badly. In the past two days, the major media and commentators were unceremonious, pointing their fingers at Director Lu and the Big Three.

O'Neal said:
"James's data is very good. He got a quasi-triple double, but at the same time he allowed his opponent to get 37 points. Now I want to take back the vote I voted for him in the selection of the best team. Nader should be in the best team."

The famous Zhanhei Skip tweeted:
"James lost to Curry again. He should bow down to Curry. Curry didn't even exert much effort. His team won by 30 points. He is the undisputed No.1 in the league. With him James isn't even a superstar by comparison."

Jeff Van Gundy focused more on the Cavaliers' tactics:
"Tyron Lue's tactic failed completely. He double-teamed Curry for the entire game and did limit Curry's scoring, but the rest of the Warriors got a lot of easy scoring opportunities and easily defeated the Cavaliers. Tyronn -Lue has to make adjustments, the Warriors not only have Curry scoring points, it is useless to lock Curry, this does not allow the Cavaliers to win..."

Others criticized Love, some criticized Irving, and some, like O'Neal and Skip, thought that James performed poorly, but more people still believed that Tyronn Lue's tactics were the main culprit for the Cavaliers' loss.

The Warriors had too many four-on-three scenes in G1, and it was too easy to score.

The Cavaliers were very resolute in attacking Curry, but the subsequent rotation replacement was like a rusty gear, difficult and stuck, even if the rotation was in place, it could not prevent the Warriors from attacking.

And Tyronn Lue insisted on this tactic for the entire game, no matter how many points the Cavaliers fell behind, he would not change, which naturally aroused doubts from everyone.

It's not even just outside criticism, there are also discordant voices within the Cavaliers team.

In the interview before the G2 game, the Big Three more or less implicitly expressed that they did not want to continue to flank Curry's tactics. Although they did not expressly stated it, their doubts about Tyronn Lue's tactics were also obvious.

In this case, it is impossible for Tyronn Lue to continue to flank Curry.

After the start of the game, the Cavaliers imitated the Thunder and switched defenses every screen, misplaced the Warriors, but resolutely did not give them an open space.

James is even more inseparable from Leonard. He was cast a psychological shadow by Leonard's 37 points in the last game.

After the end of G1, the outside world criticized his defense. For the sake of traffic, many media directly described Leonard as the league's number one small forward. The reason was that he first eliminated Durant and scored 37 points in front of James. It is the first striker again, with both offense and defense, much better than James.

Someone even clipped a collection of James' akimbo defense in the past two years, which went viral on the Internet for a while, arousing cynicism from the public and embarrassing James.

In the past two years, James' defensive focus in the regular season has indeed dropped a lot. After all, his age has gradually increased, and his energy and physical fitness have gradually declined. He needs to put more physical energy on the offensive end, and the defensive end can only fish for fish.

It's just different from the original James with 4mvp+2 crowns in hand, which is No.1 in the league. Now James only has 2 mvp, not even as good as Rose, who led the Bulls to win the championship, and only slightly stronger than Durant, who has 1 mvp trophy. First, the traffic is much less, and no one pays attention to whether he is still a combination of offense and defense.

Curry is the center of traffic, and every move attracts the attention of all media and fans. The Internet is full of discussions on whether Curry is the top five in history, who is the number one point guard between Curry and Magician, and what honor does Curry need? Catch up on posts like Jordan and more.

Fewer and fewer people paid attention to James, and it was not until he reached the finals again that he finally returned to the center of traffic.

His decline on the defensive end has also attracted attention, or rather, cynicism.

Fans will not be so tolerant of a star without a championship, especially James used to compete for No. 1 in the league and catch up with Jordan.

Compared with people's expectations of James, he has not won a championship at the age of 32, and his career has failed. This expectation has turned into disappointment. Many James fans have turned fans, or even fans to black.

People worship the strong. Except for Cleveland people, no one will support James unconditionally. Even in Cleveland, there are many people who are worried about James leaving the Heat.

James himself also knows that he can't afford to lose this time in the finals. Only by defeating Curry head-on to win the championship can he reverse the reputation and return to the center of the stage.

(End of this chapter)