NBA: I'm really the Chosen One

Chapter 173 McMillan's Enlightenment

"Li, how would you rate your performance today."

"good."

"Are you impressed with Anthony Parker's performance and what kind of player he is in your eyes."

"good."

"As the MVP of the All-Star Game and No. [-] in the MVP list, does it make you feel a lot of pressure to face the poor performance of role players like Luke Walton and Anthony Parker in a row?"

"will not."

Li Zheng answered the reporter's questions casually. Today's reporters are extremely aggressive. Although Li Zheng still scored 30+ points, for the entire North American basketball world, if Li Zheng didn't blow up his opponent, it would be considered as being blown up by his opponent. up.

The reporters' questions became more and more pointed. Someone even asked whether the collision between Li Zheng and Anthony Parker caused Anthony Parker to faint. The New York media even boldly asked Li Zheng whether the contact was intentional.

Li stared blankly at the bearded reporter from the New York News. This serious-sounding newspaper name is actually an out-and-out junk media. Adult content and gossip are their forte, but people are most likely to worry about these Content pays off.Toronto has mixed with many media people who are fishing in troubled waters. They are like sharks smelling blood, ready to share the news with huge benefits. Many reporters regret that the Blazers won the game, otherwise the Blazers lost three consecutive games. Li Zheng was blown away by little people, and such super hot news could make them a lot of money.

"You can watch the video or recall the scene carefully. I was the first to touch the basketball. After I controlled the ball, Anthony Parker twitched when he reached out. We didn't have physical contact, let alone intentional. I don't need non-basketball stuff to ruin someone's career, I'm not that type of player."

"But Anthony Parker's coma is very abnormal. We believe it was caused by physical contact during the scrimmage."

"Who thinks that? You guys? Are you a doctor or a referee, are you showing me your ridiculous conjecture? I'm not interested, I didn't touch anyone, I got the ball ready to call a timeout, and saw him go down I called the doctor and that's what happened."

"It doesn't rule out that you are unwilling to be beaten by Anthony Parker."

"Sorry, Lee will not accept your interview. I deeply regret what happened to Anthony Parker, but some of you have the same suspicion and slander against Lee. We will entrust the alliance to intervene in the investigation. Lee is also a victim." McMillan called The aggressive reporters were cut off, and Li Zheng was taken away from the interview room.

The reporters shouted loudly for freedom of interview. After Li Zheng left, the interview room even caused a riot. Li Zheng walked exhaustedly on the way back to the locker room. The double exhaustion of body and spirit made him a little distracted. This is a difficult victory. , was also a lucky victory.

No one can understand why Li Zheng, the underdog in the East, would be so struggling and embarrassed, just like the hero who saved the world, he still has to return to his ordinary life. Carter's happiness, he just went home and had a good rest.

"It's going to cost Nate again, so let me come." Li Zheng said with a long sigh.

"Small, it's only [-] US dollars, it's worth it." McMillan said with a smile, but for the coaches, this fine is not really so painless, they don't have rich salaries like players.

"Why are you so tired, Li, you have to reconcile with yourself." McMillan said slowly looking at Li Zheng who was depressed.

"what?"

"Greatness should not be a shackle, nor a bullshit crown. You are just an ordinary person without basketball. Some people call you a superman and a miracle, but you should know that you are not omnipotent, right?"

Li Zheng looked at the kind old man calmly and nodded. Although he has the most noble treatment of the chosen one, he is still an ordinary human being. He cannot fly, breathe fire, be invulnerable, or predict the future. The magic is only limited to the field of basketball and perhaps money.

"I don't mean to accuse you, but the feeling you give me is not that you hate failure, but that you are afraid of failure. Li, a great player should be able to face failure calmly. You are not a superman. You can lose. You can play well. Well, you can do it for any period, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, I said our goal is to be a champion, but it doesn’t mean you can’t accomplish anything without a champion.” McMillan put his hands on Li Zheng’s shoulders, and he What the genius sees is exhaustion and burnout, and he really doesn't care about losing a game or two.

The Lakers broke out to win, no problem, of course, the Raptors came to a super player to beat the Blazers, no problem, there is no team with 72 wins in this league, not today, not in the past, and not in the future Yes, [-] wins is already the best team, but not all the games lost by the Bulls were against strong teams.

The biggest feeling Li Zheng gave McMillan was that he really didn't want to lose any game. Perhaps it was his long-standing incomprehensible competitiveness that made him form the habit of winning everything. Losing to the Rockets and losing to the Kaiser in Li Zheng's place The Walters are as shameful as losing to the Raptors and losing to the Lakers without Kobe. He does not allow himself to fail, nor is he willing to accept failure, which makes him compete with himself and life.

"I'm fine, thank you for your enlightenment." Li Zheng thanked McMillan earnestly. He understood what McMillan meant. He just wanted to let himself not think too much of himself. Losing is not shameful, but Li Zheng couldn't explain it. Those heavenly choices and miracles, those mysterious powers are actually true, and he is really the chosen one.

"I still haven't listened to it." McMillan squeezed his chin and stared at Li Zheng's heavy back as he left. He couldn't understand that a first-year rookie would have such a strong sense of responsibility and hunger for the championship, compared to Cleveland's. The Chosen One, Li Zheng is a different kind of difficult to get along with.

Although he didn't fire the coach, he didn't install his cronies in the management, he didn't force the management to match the players under his agent with big contracts, he didn't dictate the tactics he had arranged, and he didn't make himself stand during the timeout Make a fool of myself, compared to that guy named Mike Brown, I am already very happy, but
Li Zheng's somewhat heavy back always gives people a melancholy temperament full of stories. McMillan does not want to use Li Zheng to become a godfather like Phil Jackson and Jerry West, or even a city like Jerry Sloan. The logo is also of no interest, what Portland needs is Li Zheng, and others, even Roy, are just bonuses.
McMillan doesn't care about being great or goat, let alone salary and status. He is just pursuing the fun of basketball, just like what he has been saying to the Trail Blazers, believe in the process.

"What a grand goal." McMillan said to himself, now he just wants to save this lost boy.

(End of this chapter)