warrior godfather

Chapter 374 The Inflection Point of History
Zhang Yu's words were so loud that they also blocked the reporters' mouths. The next few questions were all quite satisfactory, and Zhang Yu also used a few words to fool them.

In fact, in the pre-match and post-match interviews, most of the reporters’ questions were of no value, and the answers of the players and coaches were also of no value. But the team needs to have a sense of presence, the media needs to release news, and the fans want to know about the team. These worthless questions and answers are repeated day after day.

After the interview, Zhang Yu returned to the office.

After he opened the door and entered, he saw that the things he was going to bring home had been packed and placed on the table. A young Chinese girl with a height of about 1 meters, a well-proportioned figure, and a good-looking face was sitting beside her. Looking at a laptop, he seemed to be waiting for him to come back. When he saw him enter the door, he got up and greeted him.

Zhang Yu smiled and said:

"Thank you, Emma."

The young woman Emma shook her head, put the laptop next to Zhang Yu's desktop computer, and smiled slightly:
"This is what I should do... Mr. Zhang, this is the real-time ranking after today's game and tomorrow's schedule, please have a look."

She speaks Mandarin, and her pronunciation is relatively standard, but the speed of her speech is a bit slow. It seems that she doesn't usually use Chinese to communicate with people.

Zhang Yu took the folder, smiled at Emma, ​​and then returned to his seat, looking at the laptop in front of him, while Emma quietly stepped aside and stood with her hands tied.

From the corner of Zhang Yu's eyes, he saw Emma's movements, and nodded slightly, quite satisfied in his heart.

She passed the interview and was selected by Zhang Yu. Emma Li, a Chinese girl, completed the entry procedures a week ago and officially became Zhang Yu's assistant.

As Rick Wertz said, Emma Lee is 23 years old and was born in a Fujian immigrant family. Her father is Chinese and her mother is a mixed Chinese and British. She has a quarter of British blood.

She lived in China for several years when she was a child, and then returned to the United States to go to school. She just graduated from the sports management major of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the top public university in the United States. She has excellent grades, can speak Chinese, and has a better understanding of Chinese culture. Plenty, very much in line with Zhang Yu's requirements.

Over the past week, she has gradually become familiar with Zhang Yu's work and living habits, and can properly handle the work arranged by Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu is very satisfied with her.

Suppressing the turbulent thoughts in his heart, Zhang Yu first looked at the real-time rankings of each team.

As time went by, the regular season gradually came to an end. While the schedule became tighter, the record rankings of each team also changed.

And Zhang Yu knows a truth well-know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

He now watches the East and West rankings of the day, the schedule of each team's next three games, and the predictions of the data analysis department's victory and defeat every day. Get down the opponent's information to prepare for Zhang Yu's future game strategy.

At present, the Warriors rank first in the Western Conference with a record of 42 wins and 9 losses, and also the first in the league. However, due to Curry's injury and retirement, the number of Warriors' losses has suddenly increased, and their record advantage has shrunk sharply. They are only ahead of the second-ranked Western Conference. Spurs 1.5 wins.

However, with Curry's return, the Warriors beat the Lakers tonight. The opponents in the next three games are the Grizzlies, Timberwolves, and Jazz.

Ranked second in the Western Conference is the Spurs. At the beginning of the season, the Spurs' performance was not outstanding, even a little bad, but as the season progressed, the veterans of the Spurs gradually found their form, playing better and better, and the Spurs also came from behind. Became second in the Western Conference, achieved a record of 40 wins and 10 losses, one game less than the Warriors, and is a strong contender for the first in the Western Conference.

The Thunder ranked third in the West with a record of 38 wins and 13 losses. They drove high and low this season. Before the All-Star Game, they were still ranked second in the West. After the All-Star Game, they suddenly fell into a slump and lost consecutive games. Go-ahead, slipped to third place in the West, Durant's MVP call gradually lowered.

The fourth to eighth in the West are the Lakers, Grizzlies, Clippers, Nuggets, and Mavericks. Among them, the records of the Lakers, Grizzlies, and Clippers are almost the same. The Nuggets, Mavericks and the ninth-ranked Jazz in the West also have similar records, desperately vying for valuable playoff spots.

The rankings further down are not very meaningful to the Warriors. Except for the Rockets and the Suns who have a theoretical possibility of entering the playoffs, other teams are destined to stay in the lottery zone.

Ranked first in the East is the Bulls with 41 wins and 10 losses. They are only 1 game behind the Warriors and rank second in the league.

The Bulls continued their dominance in the regular season last season, but their journey this season was not smooth sailing. In the game against the Pacers at the beginning of the season, Rose collided with Paul George, who was struggling to defend, injured his knee and was forced to leave the field .

Fortunately, Rose followed Zhang Yu's advice and focused on improving his shooting. He also began to pay attention to the protection of his knees during games, which reduced his body load a lot, and the wear of his ligaments and meniscus was not too serious. , It was just a simple flaw, and after 20 days of rest, he returned to the game.

At that time, Zhang Yu also expressed his opinions on this matter on Twitter, saying that Paul George was not responsible for Rose’s injury. He was just doing his best to defend. Only when the state and control decline, will he suffer injuries in the highly confrontational NBA arena.

After that, Zhang Yu also sent a tweet, saying that Rose told him that he felt tired at the beginning of the season. He believed that since then, Rose has entered a period of being prone to injuries, but Paul George was unlucky. It happened to hit Rose, which caused him to be injured. If Rose's body load was not so heavy, even if he collided with Paul George, he would not be injured.

At that time, Zhang Yu's Twitter aroused discussions from the outside world, and even attracted the attention of the Bulls' management. They immediately called a team of sports medicine experts and sports human science experts to conduct a detailed assessment of Rose's injuries and physical conditions.

Subsequently, Bulls general manager Gary Foreman issued a strict order to Thibodeau. He must pay attention to the use of Rose. He must control his average playing time in the regular season to about 34 minutes, and even sacrifice his regular season record for this. If Thibodeau can't do it, then he can dismiss get out of class.

For the Bulls, Rose is the team's most valuable asset, none of them. They didn't realize Rose's violent style of play and the high load on his body before, so they let Thibodeau die. Rose, but after Zhang Yu's reminder, After the expert team gave a professional assessment, the management immediately acted to limit Thibodeau's use of Rose, and at the same time made suggestions to Rose's agent Tellem and BJ. Gentle play to reduce strain on the knee meniscus and ligaments.

Before Rose won the MVP, the Bulls management would never put forward such an opinion. J. Foreman hoped that Rose's style of play would be as violent as possible, so as to create greater competitive and commercial value for the Bulls.

But now, Rose is the youngest MVP in NBA history. He is a well-known superstar all over the world. He is the cornerstone of the team with the ability to lead the team. Whether he can remain among the league's top powerhouses for ten years, Gar Foreman will never allow such a superstar with top value on and off the court to be injured.

So after Rose's comeback, no matter how reluctant Thibodeau is, he can only control Rose's playing time.

And that knee injury was not all a bad thing for Rose. After 20 days of rest, his physical fatigue was reduced a lot, his vitality was restored, his playing time was reduced, his physical strength was exhausted, and Rose became the flying man again. The ground and the omnipotent Rose of the Windy City led the Bulls all the way to the top of the Eastern Conference.

After the Bulls, the Heat ranked second in the Eastern Conference with a record of 37 wins and 14 losses. In the last season, there has been a certain degree of decline.

The Heat's tactical focus is increasingly tilted towards James. He played a very versatile performance, averaging 27.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

James' performance has also kept him in the MVP discussion, but as time went by, the Heat's record gradually declined and was surpassed by the Bulls led by Rose, while the Warriors have maintained the number one ranking in the league. Slowly, James was removed from the scope of the MVP discussion.

History began to go down a strange road.

From the third in the East to the eighth in the East, they are the Pacers, Eagles, Celtics, Magic, Knicks and 76ers.

The Warriors' data analysis department only focused on the Bulls, Heat and Celtics, which are also the teams most likely to rush out of the Eastern Conference, and did not invest much energy in other Eastern Conference teams.

But the prospect of the Celtics looks very bad. This has a lot to do with the Warriors. After Garnett was stepped on by Green, he was inspected and had to rest for a month and a half. He is very likely to miss the entire regular season. The Big Three Going to one, the Celtics' combat power has been greatly reduced.

Not only that, Rondo was also suspended for three games after the game against the Warriors, which made him miss the key qualifying battle between the Celtics and the Eagles. Without Garnett and Rondo, the Celtics The National People's Congress was affected and lost to the Eagles with 96:105. The ranking was overtaken by the Eagles and slipped to fifth in the Eastern Conference. Until now, they have not overtaken them. They are still 1 game behind the Eagles. They will even be given by the Magic and the Knicks soon Go-ahead.

Now, the outside world is generally pessimistic about the Celtics. Except for the most determined Celtics fans, no one thinks that they can still compete for the championship. This also greatly deepens the hatred of Celtics fans for the Warriors.

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Zhang Yu glanced at the rankings and conditions of the teams in the east and west, and then looked at his schedule for the next day.

The schedule is very simple. On March 3, the Warriors will challenge the Grizzlies away. He will take a special plane with the team to Memphis tomorrow. There are no other arrangements.

Zhang Yu looked up at Emma, ​​smiled and said:

"Okay, Emma, ​​go back and rest, it's getting late..."

Tuk Tuk Tuk.

Before he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Zhang Yu opened his mouth and was about to shout "Come in", when he saw Emma walking to the door, gently opened the office door, and said with a smile:
"Please come in."

Zhang Yu froze for a moment, shook his head and laughed, and closed his mouth.

Rick Wertz came in from the door. He glanced at Emma Lee in surprise, as if wondering why she was still here so late, then looked at Zhang Yu, and raised a folder in his hand , said:
"Ronan, the matter of Mission Bay is beginning to emerge."

Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows, a look of joy flashed in his eyes, and said:

"Okay! Come on, sit down and talk."

Rick Wertz came to sit down opposite Zhang Yu, Emma also came over, picked up the laptop, and said softly:

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wiltz, I'm going out first."

After finishing speaking, she was about to turn around and leave, Zhang Yu said:
"Emma, ​​there is nothing to be busy with. You can go back and have a good rest. There will be a third consecutive guest. It will be very hard."

Emma hesitated for a moment, nodded in response:

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Zhang Yu also smiled.

After Emma left, Rick Wertz took out a thick document from the folder and handed it to Zhang Yu:

"Ronan, this is the draft contract for the land in Mission Bay. I've already negotiated it with Salseforce. Take a look. If there's anything you're not satisfied with, I'll discuss it again."

Zhang Yu took the contract, flipped through it briefly, shook his head and said:
"Since you have negotiated, there is no problem, and with Joe Lacob participating in the investment, Benioff must give him face, um... [-] million US dollars is not expensive, after all, it is in San Francisco A large piece of private land in the urban area is definitely worth the price.”

After the Warriors defeated the Celtics, Zhang Yu went to meet Benioff with Rick Wertz as agreed, and also met the friend Benioff recommended to him-Joe Lacob.

Zhang Yu was very surprised at the time, but after Benioff's introduction, he realized that Lacob and him had a close personal relationship and were friends for many years. This time, Benioff introduced Lacob to Zhang Yu because of Lacob. Cobb is optimistic about the prospects of the Warriors and wants to participate in the investment in the construction of the Warriors' new arena. If Zhang Yu agrees, Benioff is willing to sell the land in his hand at a low price.

Someone is willing to share the financial pressure of the construction of the new arena. Zhang Yu will naturally not refuse, but he also made it clear that he can accept Lacob's investment, but only in the construction of the new arena, and will not give Lacob the Warriors. The team's shares, and Lacob only has the right to dividends and cannot participate in the operation and management of the new arena.

Lacob also knew that Zhang Yu was not short of money, and needing funds to share the pressure was two different things from needing funds to fill the gap. He had no room for bargaining and could only agree to Zhang Yu's conditions.

When Zhang Yu parted ways with Benioff and Lacob, he curiously asked Lacob why he agreed to such harsh conditions.

Lacob smiled bitterly:

"I wanted to acquire the Warriors three years ago, but I was preempted by you. When I heard from Mark that you were going to acquire the land in his hands, I knew that I must seize this last chance, because I firmly believe that in the Warriors Can make a lot of money!"

(End of this chapter)